When people of the 1950s and 60s imagined the robot lawnmowers of the future, they were generally pretty small and…

Do you need urgent medical care but are far away from a hospital? We’ll bring the hospital to you! At least, that…

Futuristic headlines here in the year 2018 might make you ask “why?” But back in the 1950s, illustrators in Detroit…

When you hear about the concept of missile defense in space, your first thought might be Ronald Reagan’s Strategic…

Robotic lawnmowers are fairly mainstream these days, even if they don’t have much market share yet. But they’ve been…

It’s no secret that my favorite comic strip of all time is Closer Than We Think by Arthur Radebaugh. The strip is…

According to futurists of the 1950s, people of the 21st century were all supposed to be zipping around in solar-power…

The internet is a big place. There’s so much to read and watch and listen to that it can be overwhelming. We all…

On January 12, 1958, an important weapon of the Cold War was introduced. It wasn’t a missile or a spy satellite, but…

Earlier this week astronauts aboard the International Space Station ate fresh food grown in space for the first…

These ads made for the Detroit-based Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation were largely dreamed up by legendary…

It's 2015. But sometimes it feels like our futuristic dreams are stuck in the 1950s and 60s. And there's actually a…

The January 10, 1960 edition of Arthur Radebaugh's Sunday comic "Closer Than We Think" includes a curious invention…

The living room of the future was supposed to be interactive. It was supposed to have all the world's media at your…

The technology of the future was going to provide all kinds of new possibilities for the classroom of tomorrow —…

Glow-in-the-dark roads are finally a reality; at least in the Netherlands. But we've been waiting on this particular…

There are few things more anxiety-inducing than seeing a cop car's flashing lights in your rearview mirror. But that…

Worried that Earth may soon suffer from overpopulation and irreversible environmental damage? Worry not, my fellow…

Need to put out a forest fire? Why not bomb it with chemical-filled missiles? At least that was the plan in 1961.

Imagine being able to send a Christmas card electronically. Sounds crazy futuristic, right? Well that's what this…