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In the Year 2889 by Michel Verne:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
This short story was written by Michel and Jules Verne at the request of James Gordon Bennett, Jr., owner of the New York Herald. Bennett's request was that Verne try to imagine life in the United States one thousand years into the future. Scholars now believe that Verne fils wrote the whole thing, and shared the money with his father. Select an invention:
Atmospheric Advertising - write it on the clouds |
Live News - prediction of newscasts |
Phonotelephote - earliest reference to videophone |
Plague Weapons |
Recorded News - Tivo for radio in 1889 |
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