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How Much of The Jetsons' Futuristic World Has Become a Reality?
Video chat…
Rather than simple phone calls, the characters are regularly seen using video chat, whether it be Jane speaking with her family or George getting an unwelcome call from Mr. Spacely.
…In 2012
In this area, we seem to have already surpassed the expectations of the Jetsons. Video chat tools such as Skype, Google voice, Facetime and Logitech are regularly used in business and at home. And what’s more, their use isn’t confined to a single monitor but can be used from mobile devices. For many, it would be difficult to imagine life without seeing colleagues or loved ones speak to you in real time.
It’s hard to believe, but George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane, his wife — and Astro, everyone’s favorite space dog — are now 50 years old.
The show was futuristic in its own right: When it bowed in the early 60’s, it was the first color show to ever air on ABC. But it was the quirky technological advances that the Hanna Barbera show imagined human beings using — from robot maids to flying cars — that really formed the backdrop of the show and kept viewers interested.
In honor of The Jetsons’ 50th anniversary, we decided to take a look to see how far we’ve come. And based on where we are so far, by 2062, the year the show is set in, we may just achieve all that the show’s writers envisioned and then some. One thing that’s massively important to us today and wasn’t reflected that way on the show is our powerful mobile phone technology and the importance to us of how small those devices have become, as well as what they permit — constant access to the internet (not conceived back then) and a variety of useful apps.
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Jamaica2030 “A View of the Future Today”
Tuesday November 20th 2012 8am–11am, Kingston, Jamaica.
IN 2030 Babies Born Today WILL BE 28.
“Will Your Business Be Ready to Provide the Goods and Services
They Will Require over the next 28 Years and Beyond?”
“Entrepreneurs, Business owners, Marketing and Advertising Executives and other interest groups secure a view and insight as to how the demand for goods and services will be impacted as the makeup and structure of the Jamaican population progress over the next 28 years.”
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Four (4) individual presentations culminating with a panel discussion
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