100 Years of Failure

December 30th, 2009

Gizmodo.com has this interesting story about “10 technologies we were promised but never got” in the past 100 years.  Some of these things are plain crazy and when you weigh in all the things that weren’t promised but that we do have now, we can’t be mad, especially when some places still don’t have running water or electricity!  Click here for the rest of the story.

Cities Under Domes:  The architect and all-around visionary R. Buckminster Fuller believed that one day, cities in cold-weather regions could be encased under temperature-controlled geodesic domes.  Fuller argued back in the ’60s that such a dome over New York City would pay for itself in 10 years, as there would be no more need for snow removal. In addition to temperature control, the domes were also supposed to contain germ filters that would have prevented us from getting sick too.

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  1. JuggernuatPeezy December 30th, 2009 2:51 pm

    Isn’t that the dome they had in the Simpson’s movie? Damn I live in NYC and I don’t think I want a dome over my head…just let it snow or w/e they tryna keep out that can’t harm us…fcuk it it’s nature.

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  2. Ka7e7 December 30th, 2009 3:34 pm

    If it’s invisible, how would you know? WE’RE UNDER ALIEN EYE!! AAHHH!! Seriously. If they came to it with a literal dome, I’d really be on the run. It’s packed over here enough.

  3. FurD December 30th, 2009 3:47 pm

    a french group sample Kanye West’s answer “This is bad, real bad Michael jackson” in their song wich name is “BAD” => http://www.myspace.com/furdofficiel

  4. *D_Tyson_2010* StarTrak4Life December 30th, 2009 3:53 pm

    even tho I don’t live n NYC I just couldn’t live under a dome that’s just stupid.!!

  5. Lolita December 30th, 2009 5:26 pm

    safe cigarettes?!?!?
    domed cities?
    flying car? (hover craft would be good :) )
    knowledge pill?
    bit out there….ha!

  6. ♥IblogU♥ December 31st, 2009 1:50 am

    Knowledge pills would be great, but we will need two forms, Book smarts and street smarts!
    This is for those out the box thinkers! You know what countries are built on.

  7. gretsch06 December 31st, 2009 3:43 pm

    Haha thats funny. keep making killer clothes! Check out my videos please of me drumming, please!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts5M4mW0_1I

    Thanks!

    -Andrew from Chicago

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