8. Step back, then step forward, 1920's style

With reference to www.youtube.cm/watch?v=czr-o6RU&feature=player_embedded#!,98y predictions made about the year 2000, made by those in the 1920s, looked something like a Jetson’s cartoon overpopulated, and heavily ingested with traffic, overhead train tracks, tall buildings, and neon lights. This much is true, however, without the space craft.

           
Predictions of the 1960's saw tinned robots living amongst us, as the norm. These robots were capable of communicating, working, and even using weaponry - capable of human activity.

Remarkably, the accuracy of the predicted Ocean Liner at 4:12 as pictured below, was a successful prediction that overtook bulkier, clumsier designs such as the Titanic.



Some successful forecasts of AD 2000 came within the fashion industry, with some in existence before this time. These saw adaptable dresses, able to convert from day to nightwear, the see through blouse with steel coiled cones on the breasts. This was reflected and made famous in fashion when worn by Madonna and designed by Jean Paul Gaultier in 1990.



Again, this was an accurate depiction of today’s fashion trend, as well as the outrageous hairstyles. The idea that skirts would be done away with for trousers has not been supported. However, the cantilever high heeled shoe idea is accurate to fashion today.



Alternately, the electric belt that adapts the body to climatic changes is a point of interest…. With solar clothing currently hitting the streets, why not a solar powered belt that heats, or cools the body? As predicted for the year 2000, fabrics that alter to the body’s temperature needs is yet to become marketed. Imagine going out into the Sahara desert or Antarctic conditions in nothing but a long sleeved t-shirt and pants, and achieving absolute homeostasis in body temperature.
Dresses of glass or aluminium, might not appeal, however the electric headlight to help women find an honest man would be superbly popular if they ever existed. Most hilariously is the Menswear, predicted to be fitted with, "a telephone, a radio, and containers for coins, keys, and candies for cuties." (at 2:31)