{"id":242545,"date":"2024-07-12T09:15:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T09:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/12\/the-long-history-of-the-future-review-why-many-inventions-from-flying-cars-to-smart-robots-fail-to-launch\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:52","slug":"the-long-history-of-the-future-review-why-many-inventions-from-flying-cars-to-smart-robots-fail-to-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/12\/the-long-history-of-the-future-review-why-many-inventions-from-flying-cars-to-smart-robots-fail-to-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long History of the Future review: Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Flying cars have long been part of\u00a0our imagined future \u2013 but that\u00a0is\u00a0where they may remain<\/p>\n

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The Long History of the Future<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
Nicole Kobie (Bloomsbury Sigma (UK, on sale now; US, 24 September))<\/strong><\/p>\n

A handful of technologies teeter on the cusp of release but never arrive. Take driverless (or even flying) cars, superintelligent machines and human-like robots that free us from the drudgery of everyday chores. What stops them leaving the minds of inventors and entering our homes?<\/p>\n

That is what Nicole Kobie asks in The Long History of the Future: Why tomorrow\u2019s technology still isn\u2019t here\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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