参与了《2001太空漫游》剧本撰写的发明家、科学作家、未来学家阿瑟·C·克拉克认为,当人类进入21世纪时,1966年那些乏味的房子将会完全不同。很明显,未来的房子不会被固定在地面上,它们可以随心所欲地移动到地球各地。
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Oh, and it wouldn't just be one home that would be able to relocate without the owner even needing to get out of bed and put on pants. "Whole communities may migrate south in the winter, or move to new lands whenever they feel the need for a change of scenery," Clarke promised. Up 2, anyone?
哦,搬家的时候主人不需要起床和穿裤子,但远不止这样。“整个社区可能会在冬天向南迁移,或者在居民想换换景观时搬到新的地方”,克拉克承诺说。像不像《飞屋环游记》的续集,朋友们?
4 And our houses will be cleaned by hoses.
水管冲洗房间
The New York Times' longtime science editor Waldemar Kaempffert, who worked for the paper from the 1920s through the 1950s, had lots of opinions about how different the world would be by the 21st century. In a 1950 Popular Mechanics article, titled "Miracles You'll See in the Next 50 Years," he predicted that by the 21st century, all you'll have to do to get your house clean is "simply turn the hose on everything."
《纽约时报》长期科学编辑瓦尔德玛·坎普费特从20世纪20年代到50年代一直在该报工作,他对21世纪的世界会有多大的不同有很多看法。在1950年发表在《大众机械》上的《未来50年你将看到的奇迹》一文中,他预测到21世纪,想要打扫房子,你只需要“打开所有的水龙头”。
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