When Generation X dreamed about the future, we pictured either a technological paradise with flying cars, helpful robots, no illness and rocket ships or we pictured a wasteland brought on by some human action. Neither came true (luckily in the latter), but we’re still a ways off from where we thought we would be by now. In this Backtrack we look at what we thought the future would hold and discuss some of the things we thought we would have and don’t, and what we have that we never would have predicted. YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Merchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merch Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com Show Notes World Fairs » bit.ly/2CIcp7u How close are we to the Jetsons? » bit.ly/2EvcvB0 Hover boards: Expectations vs. Reality » bit.ly/2pSFuVt Wearable tech predictions for 2018 » bit.ly/2kseZ6O The first video phone » bit.ly/2EmrAVN Demolition Man on Amazon » amzn.to/2QPkaeK A Self Drying Jacket on Kickstarter » kck.st/1Xz4Fcp Nike’s self tying shoes » www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nz5x6EtSyI How ill VR change the world? » bit.ly/2EXzUaj Get a fingerprint door lock for your home on Amazon! » amzn.to/2QPkpqa Will flying cars ever happen? » bit.ly/2RSSmYD How robots are being used today » sciencing.com/robots-used-in-everyday-life-12084150.html Jetpacks are here! » www.jetpackaviation.com/ Putting voices in your head » bit.ly/2QLJF0K Moon bases being planned for now » nbcnews.to/2p9I7S0 Can we colonize Mars? » to.pbs.org/2PABkNl Living in domes » bit.ly/2P6nlSt Teleporting in real life (sorta) » bit.ly/2RQyHs8 Real laser test by Navy » youtu.be/jIxugT-QiEI How close are we to a Tricorder? » bit.ly/2suXk0l Did we forget about MAD? » bbc.in/2CIYzlr Email the show » [email protected] Visit us on YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices