I wonder what people in 67 thought was more unlikely, to have a computer that does all that we see computers do in that movie but in a size that fits in your pocket or a machine that makes your lunch. I bet the food making kitchen looked much more likely, sadly, we got pocket super computers, but still doing our own cooking pretty much the same way we did in 67, except microwave ovens perhaps... (well, I saw there is a kickstarter that plans to change that... but still...)<p>Except that, it's pretty amazing how they got a lot of these things right (except the notion that people of the future will know to press random buttons to get what they want, UX was not envisioned as an issue back then...)
This was a concept film from Philco/Ford:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philco" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philco</a><p>That's Wink Martindale (US TV game show host) in the husband role in the film. A few years back he was interviewed about the project:<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/15063245" rel="nofollow">https://vimeo.com/15063245</a>
In 1967 we imagined a future in which everything has been automated so that preexisting roles could be carried out as before. Wife will cook, buy clothes; husband will shake his head at all the money wife is spending and be the spending decision maker.<p>Film is interesting from a technology perspective but also for what it says about society.
Here is one from 1972 about the year 2000 (in German, but funny pictures nevertheless):
<a href="https://youtu.be/kaGnBNhE2xI" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/kaGnBNhE2xI</a>
On the menu screen the date was Tuesday, June 2nd. June 2 was a Wednesday in 1999. Seems computers were having date issues even before Y2K had arrived. :)<p>I find it interesting how so many devices in the video used analog inputs (namely dials). I guess they were easier to mock up though by then I would have expected the keyboard concept to be more common.<p>Many of the broad concepts are pretty close. Like when I ignore the recommendations of my fitness / diet tracking software. :)
Wow scrolled to about minute 11 and saw this great image:<p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/m3M0pZD.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/m3M0pZD.png</a><p>I love seeing them make an attempt of what modern technology would look like.<p>No matter what they do, it still screams 1960's style.<p>The "household monitor screen" was spot on. This is definitely happening as well as the "central bank computer." Wow, really impressive.
Oh, I made a song based on that movie, a few weeks ago:<p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/gabrielfalcao/home-of-the-future" rel="nofollow">https://soundcloud.com/gabrielfalcao/home-of-the-future</a>
Here is another thing the video almost got right- super high pitched falsetto singing. The only problem is the genre that used it was hair metal and pop, not salsa.