The fifties and sixties looked forward to a future where our cars would be fueled by nuclear energy and we’d take jetpacks to our Jetsons-style job. Robot butlers would clean our homes and food would come in pill form. Well, technology has evolved a little differently. Jetpacks are a bust and robots are too unsteady on their feet and surly to scrub our floors. But what future technologies are people looking forward to now? Ford’s nuclear car never got off the ground (or around to sterilizing its occupants). The future does appear to hold some promising innovations like … [Read more...]