good afternoon H how's everything going good afternoon Mr Amer everything is going extremely well welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 futuristic Technologies or concepts previously predicted by a person or film for this list we'll be looking at foresight into the future that seemed outlandish at first but turned out to be eerily accurate number 10 online shopping 1999 ad this retro film gave us a Whimsical Peak into the future where computers rule the home what year is it now I forgot here I'll show you from online shopping
to Smart couches to onscreen education to automatic cooking the family in this short film leads a pretty convenient and comfortable life much like what we have to day Split Second lunches color keyed disposable dishes all part of the instant Society of Tomorrow a society rich in Leisure and taken for granted Comforts what's mind-blowing is that this Vision was conceived over 50 years ago sure they didn't get everything right they use labeled buttons instead of keyboards and a single function computer instead of smartphones still 1999 ad nailed the core concept of the tech filled House of
tomorrow that we're living in today you got to keep up with the times you know number nine increased human height John alred Watkins in the year 1900 an engineer named John elfreth Watkins wrote an article in the Ladies Home Journal titled what may happen in the next 100 years surprisingly many of his predictions ended up being quite accurate one fascinating guess he made was that the average American would be approximately 1 to 2 in taller in the next Century you're so tall so tall and believe it or not he was spotted on the mean height
Rose from between 66 and 67 in to 69 in from 1900 to 2000 perhaps Watkins should have ditched his engineering Pursuits and become a certified Anthropologist excuse me I was walking behind you and you dropped your wallet number eight wireless earbuds Fahrenheit 451 many authors have conjured up incredible worlds but few have seen their imaginations come to life like Ray Bradbury so when you're a child you begin to dream yourself into a shape and then you run into the future and try to become that shape in his 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury didn't just tell
a story he warned us about society's habits taking a darker turn why is it forbidden because it made people unhappy do you really believe that oh yes hooks disturb people to make them antisocial while some of his foresights were purely dramatic elements others hit disturbingly close to home take the seashells he wrote about tiny devices isolating people from the world around them are they not very like the wireless earbuds almost everyone wears today but what's amazing about these right they have a standard model right base model fourth generation but these are the noise cancelling ones
it's the first time that Apple has put noise cancelling in an open ear ear but and the psychological implications of these seashells that he feared it's not far off either while we Marvel at Bradbury's foresight we can only hope the darker aspects of his prophecies remain confined to the pages of a book each of you will hide this book somewhere in his classroom when I return I will give you a demonstration on to search to learn how to find one must first know how to hide number seven Holograms and video messages Total Recall Paul verhoven
1990 sci-fi flick is proof that even the wildest sci-fi can hit close to home in it Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Quaid a construction worker who discovers his memory might be fake what you're experiencing is a free form delusion based on our memory tapes but you're inventing it yourself as you go along what if it is my delusion who the hell invited you his quest to uncover the truth leads him to Mars where he battles conspiracies mutants and a corrupt corporation set in a futuristic world the film makes striking predictions that have since become reality you
want to live don't hang up what do you want they've got your bug they'll be busting down your door in about 3 minutes unless you do exactly what I say Quaid's use of holographic decoy to outsmart his enemies mirrors today's holographic Tech son of a [Music] the video phones used by almost everyone feel like an early nod to Modern video conferencing even Johnny cab the robot taxi driver foreshadows self-driving Vehicles who's to say what other sci-fi ideas will leap into reality next how did I get in this taxi the door open you got in number
six targeted ads self-driving Cars Smart Homes and gesture Computing Minority Report our world today may not have become the dystopian one shown in Minority Report but some of its predictions feel increasingly relevant in the six years we've been conducting our little experiment there hasn't been a single murder and now pre- crime can work for you in this futuristic Thriller Tom Cruz plays the head of a pre- crime Department working with a team that can predict murders before they happen there hasn't been a murder in 6 years there's nothing wrong with the system it is perfect
I agree but those a flaw it's human while the ability to foresee crimes remains in the Sci-Fi realm many little details Place viewers firmly in today's Tech driven World John anderton is constantly bombarded with personalized ads ads cars drive themselves and I scans are a norm all of which we experience today these details while futuristic at the time are now quite real which raises the question of how close we are to a more controlled and surveilled Society sometimes in order to see the light you have to risk the dark number five the asella express John
alth Watkins some of Watkins predictions for the 20th and 21st centuries may not come to fruition but we ought to give him credit for nailing a few accurately this is one of those bullet trains right long before bullet trains became reality Watkins Envision them which is pretty bold for someone who existed in an era where steam trains ruled the tracks fast forward to today his prophetic Visions mirror modern high-speed Marvels like acella Express zipping along at 150 mph this is the United States of America's only high-speed train welcome aboard the asell express isn't it incredible
how we also got the speed range spoton to people in his time his prophecies must have sounded like pure fiction or even bizarre yet over 120 years later and we're living it talk about a chilling glimpse into the future you ever watch Thomas the Tank Engine here we go number four Digital Color photography John alth Watkins maybe Time Travelers do exist and Watkins was one of them how else do you explain some of his uncanny predictions Anna does your dad have a digital camera I this civil engineer wasn't just bold with his foresight he was
downright prophetic take digital photography for example in Watkins time photography itself was a miracle to many yet he boldly predicted that color photography Would One Day become a reality not only that he even nailed how they'd be taken from any distance and shared instantly all over the world while it took years for this technology to get to this point Watkins was remarkably close in his vision who knows what else from his prediction is on the horizon selfie number three wireless devices and Wi-Fi Nicola Tesla Nicola Tesla was light years ahead of his time it's paradoxical
yet true that the more we learn the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense he practically dreamed up Wi-Fi before anyone knew what it was in a 1926 interview with kier's magazine Tesla described a world wireless system capable of transmitting images data and messages to handheld devices sound familiar these texts are sent via data so behind the Network's back which means unlimited free texting only on BlackBerry yes while the world wasn't ready for his genius back then his ideas laid the foundation for modern Wireless technology so when you next connect to Wi-Fi remember to
give Tesla a nod for being the original signal booster he also foresaw mobile phones drones and female empowerment though his ideas were a bit vague with all he achieved and predicted it's no surprise some consider him the goat now if only those flying cars would show up too make it to the five we'll be all right number two movie streaming Roger eert when you hear the name Roger Ebert you probably think of the world's most influential film critic but he was so much more Chevy Chase has made a lot of good movies and God willing
he will make a lot more good movies in the future with your help eert didn't just help shape the way we critique films he also predicted how we'd watch them unbelievable isn't it well in a 1987 interview Ebert described what we now know as on demand streaming welcome to Planet streaming would you like to upgrade for an adree experience only $3.99 a month instead of visiting movie stores to rent or purchase video cassette tapes he envisioned a future where you can watch whatever you want right on your screen in stunning high definition everything changed okay
I fell in love sounds just like the streaming platforms we enjoy today like Netflix Pretty bold for someone who is living in a pre- streaming world don't you think before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into set settings and switch on your notifications number one artificial intelligence tablet computers video calls and much more 2001 A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick's 60s
sci-fi gem wasn't just a masterpiece it was a crystal ball into the future open the pod bay doors hell I'm sorry Dave I'm afraid I can't do that it focuses on the mindblowing journey into space where astronauts Dave and Frank rely on Hal an AI controlling their spacecraft I've just picked up a fault in the ae35 unit it's going to go 100% failure within 72 hours Hal's ability to process large amounts of data and interact with humans in a chilling way mirrors today's Tech like voice assistants and advanced AIS kubric didn't just stop there he
also accurately depicts other elements of our world like video calls just watch Dr Floyd chatting with his daughter on a screen hello hello how are you squirt and what about those tablet-like computers the astronauts use they look strikingly familiar mind-blowing right let's just hope the AI of today doesn't go Rogue like Halal did what other sci-fi books or films accurately predicted the future let us know in the comments section goodbye did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from watch Mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about
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