GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue 005

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Tanning Beds
Tanning beds, at the time The Jetsons was aired, wasn’t
very relevant at all. It is only after over a decade that
tanning beds were introduced to America in 1979 through
Friedrich Wolff.
Mall Architecture
The malls we have now are shaping to look like the
shopping centers in The Jetsons. Instead of the
conventional concrete and wood, we already use huge
amounts of glass for the exteriors.
Cloning
In one episode, George decides to clone himself to do
dual duties: be relaxed at home and be busy at work.
But in the new century, we only have until animal
cloning because of moral debates regarding the
possibility of having to clone a human. That is not the
same way George cloned himself though as such only
exists in fiction, but through biomedical engineering.
Vacuum Tube Transport
The Jetsons haven’t stepped on the levels of elevators and
stairs, but of vacuum tubes that will serve as transport.
Today, undergoing study has been done by US and China
if such system can work in real life. The transporters might
hit 2,500 miles an hour as predicted by scientists, which
will enable the commute from America to Europe be
shortened to an hour rather than 6 hours via plane.
There is a catch though: the clear elevator shafts are
already existent.
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JULY 2016
Future Cities & Robotics
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