In 1958Arthur Radebaughstarted the syndicate Sunday comedian Closer Than We call back ! It ran in paper until other 1963 . The strip really epitomizes the optimistic sword of futurism so vulgar in the post - WWII era . Below are a few capital examples of this paleo - futuristic strip from the Chicago Tribune .
Push - Button Education – May 25 , 1958“Teaching would be by mean of heavy movies and mechanically skillful tabulating machine . ”
radiocarpal joint Watch TV – April 17 , 1960“TV sets the size of it of postage stamps will presently be wear on the wrist , each with a personal dialing numeral . ”
“ Pogo ” Police Car – May 4 , 1958“Here , for tomorrow , is the concept of officer on mechanically skillful pogo platforms … ”
Farm Automation – March 30 , 1958“A floating column will oversee a swarm of robot implement and tractor operate by electronic command . ”
sobriety in Reverse – June 29 , 1958“Factory - made home equip with antigravity machinery could be floated above the soil – to catch the breezes ! ”
See also : Word Origins : Imagineering ( 1947)Ristos ( 1979)Homework in the Future ( 1981)Connections : AT&T ’s Vision of the Future ( Part 7 , 1993)The Road out front : Future Classroom ( 1995)Superfarm of the Year 2020 ( 1979 )
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