The September 20 , 1964 Chicago Tribune prevail an article aboutGlenn T. Seaborg’spredictions for the futuristic year of 1989 . An excerpt appear below .
In another 25 long time , [ Seaborg ] speculates , teenager - agers and adult will have two - agency articulatio radiocarpea watch radios . . . their own computers to aid study or mechanically translate alien tongues into English . . . vaccines against malignant neoplastic disease . . . celluloid foods . . . books from electronic libraries via shut - electrical circuit goggle box into their homes . . . flights to Europe in one or two hours . . . wearing apparel of special material which they ’ll wear once or a few time and then throw away . . . security measure from hurricanes or tornado because scientists will have learned how to keep disastrous storms .
See also : Closer Than We opine ! Throw - Away Clothes ( 1959)The Answer Machine ( 1964)Health Care in 1994 ( 1973)Connections : AT&T ’s Vision of the Future ( Part 1 , 1993)Vision ( Clip 1 , 1993)Lyndon B. Johnson on 2063 A.D. ( 1963)Language of the Future ( 1982)Tomorrow ’s television - Phone ( 1956)That 60 ’s food for thought of the time to come
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