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Article #620Re: Question
From: Jonathan L
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:45
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:45
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On Apr 28, 8:39 pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Last time on la.general, nob...@panix.com said: > > >richard <mem...@newsguy.com> wrote: > > >> In the early fifties, we were told that in the mid sixties, we would have > >> automated highways for long distance travel. > > >For those of you who missed it or weren't born yet - > > >Magic Highway USA > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6pUMlPBMQA > > ISTR some old black & white films from either a Motorama or a World's > Fair from back in the '30s or '40s or something like that which showed > self-driving cars on an automated highway. Of course, I can't remember > the details now... There's GM's "Futurama" from the 1939 World's Fair: http://preview.tinyurl.com/29wsx9g And yes, it's where the animated series got it's name from. -Jonathan
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