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In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
This short story was written by Verne at the request of James Gordon Bennett, Jr., owner of the New York Herald. Bennett's request was that Verne try to imagine life in the United States one thousand years into the future. Select an invention:
Atmospheric Advertising - write it on the clouds |
Live News - prediction of newscasts |
Phonotelephote - earliest reference to videophone |
Recorded News - Tivo for radio in 1889 |
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