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Hey there! Welcome to Life Noggin! If I've learned anything from watching movies and tv shows of the past,
大家好！欢迎来到脑洞大开的生命奇想！如果我从过去看的电影和电视节目中学到什么的话，
it's that humans have a hard time predicting what the future will actually look like.
那就是人类难以预测未来究竟会变成什么样子。
I'm still waiting for my hoverboard and flying car… But they do come up with some pretty cool ideas.
我还在等我的悬浮滑板和飞行汽车呢...但他们确实提出了一些很酷的想法。
And in the 1950s, after World War II came to an end and the space race was just beginning, they had an, well, impressive imagination.
20时间50年代，二战结束后，太空竞赛刚刚开始，他们有着令人印象深刻的想象力。
The magazine Popular Mechanics published plenty of predictions over the years by scientists and inventors about future technology.
《大众机械》杂志多年来发表了许多科学家和发明家对未来技术的预测。
In the 50s, many of their predictions centered around travel and homes.
50年代，很多预测都围绕着旅行和家庭。
They had ideas for vacuum tube trains that traveled at nearly 8,050 kilometers per hour,
他们想到了以接近每小时8050公里每小时运行的真空管火车，
pneumatic tube highways to transport your car, personal helicopters you park on your lawn, and floating domes that would cover entire cities.
运输你的汽车的充气管高速公路，可停在你的草坪上私人直升机，可以覆盖整个城市漂浮的圆顶。
They also thought that in the future, cleaning your house would mean spraying everything down with a hose,
他们还认为，在未来，清洁你的房子意味着用水管喷洒所有东西，
including your furniture, curtains, and rugs, which would all be made of a waterproof material.
包括你的家具、窗帘和地毯，这些都是用防水材料做的。
To dry them, simply turn on a blast of hot air.
只需打开一股热风就能使它们变干。
In 1950, an Associated Press article was published titled, "How Experts Think We'll Live in 2000 A.D."
1950年，美联社发表了一篇题为《专家认为我们将如何生活在公元2000年》的文章。
While smell-o-vision and amazonian sized women were among the more outlandish ideas,
虽然嗅觉电视和高大强悍的女性属于比较古怪的想法，
they correctly predicted that public health and agriculture would improve,
但是他们正确地预测到公共卫生和农业将会改善，
what they called "space platforms" would monitor the planet, and house appliances could be controlled by your voice.
他们所称的太空平台将会监测地球，家用设备可以由你的声音控制。
Okay Animator, set my house to party mode! The home appliances company Whirlpool also made some accurate predictions about future technology.
好的动画师，把我的房子设置成派对模式！家用电器公司惠而浦也对未来的技术做出了一些准确的预测。
Their "miracle kitchen" concept included a video phone, home surveillance, an ice dispenser, and a robotic vacuum.
他们的“神奇厨房”概念包括一个视频电话、家庭监视器、一个冰淇淋自动分发器和一个机器人真空吸尘器。
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa! An ice dispenser? Okay! Yeah that'll happen!
哇哇啊哇哇！冰淇淋自动分发器？好的！这个会实现的！
A famous science fiction writer of the 50s had some more outlandish ideas about the future.
一位50年代的著名科幻作家对未来有一些更古怪的想法。
In 1952, Robert Heinlein published his predictions for the end of the twentieth century.
1952年，罗伯特·海因莱因发表了他对二十世纪末的预测。
As an engineer, he was known for incorporating plausible science theories in his books.
作为一名工程师，他以在他的书中融入貌似合理的科学理论而闻名。
Even so, some of his ideas were a little far-fetched.
即使这样，他的一些观点也有一些牵强。
By the year 2000, he thought we would have found intelligent life on Mars, that interplanetary travel would be commonplace,
他认为到2000年，我们会在火星上发现智能生命，跨星球旅行将成为司空见惯的事，
that we would have cured the common cold and cancer, and that modern art would have disappeared.
我们会治愈普通感冒和癌症，现代艺术将会消失。
Sorry buddy, it's here to stay! I just made this beautiful thing!
抱歉伙计，它就在这里！我刚刚创作了这个美丽的作品！
But some of his predictions were pretty spot-on: Contraception has changed social and economic structures,
但是他的一些预测都非常准确：避孕已经改变了社会和经济结构，
we have explored our solar system, we have phones that can fit in our pocket, and scientists have begun work on regenerative medicine.
我们已经探索了太阳系，我们有了可以装到口袋的手机，科学家已经开始研究再生医学。
Other predictions made during this era were more hopeful.
这个时代做的其他预测就更有帮助了。
Like that we will rely primarily on solar power, that we will have put an end to most diseases,
比如，我们将主要依赖太阳能，使很多疾病消失，
overpopulation, the housing shortage, and that mankind will not have destroyed itself.
结束人口过多，住房短缺，人类将不会毁灭自己。
Hopefully, in another 70 years, mankind will continue to exist and we can see which of our predictions about the future we got right.
但愿，再过七十年，人类将继续寻在，我们就可以看到哪些预测是正确的。
Seriously an ice dispenser. I mean, let's be reasonable, okay? So what technology do you wanna see in the next 70 years?
务必实现冰淇淋分发机。我是说，理智一点好不好？在接下来的70年里，你想看到什么技术呢？
Let me know your predictions in the comment section below right now, and get as imaginative as you want.
现在就在下面的评论区告诉我你的预测，然后尽情发挥你的想象力。
Curious to know what would happen if you were an adult in the 1970s? You're gonna wanna check out this video!
想知道如果你是70年代的成年人会做什么吗？你会想看看这个视频的！
many of the states lowered the drinking age from 21 to 18.
许多州将饮酒年龄从21岁降低到18岁。
While I'm sure some of you are wishing they left it there, this change actually resulted in a lot of deaths from car crashes.
我相信你们中的一些人希望他们把它留在那个年龄，这个改变实际上导致了很多人死于车祸。
As always, my name is Blocko, this has been Life Noggin, don't forget to keep on thinking!
我是宝高，这里是脑洞大开的生命奇想！不要忘记思考！
