The NY Times had a detailed writeup of what Isaac Asimov wrote for the 1964 World's Fair of what he expected for 2014.
There is a shorter edited version which has been making the rounds on the internet which mostly skips what Asimov got wrong.
Asimov got robotics and 3D movies right among many other things.
He expected nuclear fission to supply 50% of world power but it has been stuck at about 20%. However, it was not stuck for technical reasons.
He expected isotope batteries to displace the need for power cords.
He expected robotic cars to be at the demonstration level.
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There is a shorter edited version which has been making the rounds on the internet which mostly skips what Asimov got wrong.
Asimov got robotics and 3D movies right among many other things.
He expected nuclear fission to supply 50% of world power but it has been stuck at about 20%. However, it was not stuck for technical reasons.
He expected isotope batteries to displace the need for power cords.
He expected robotic cars to be at the demonstration level.
Much effort will be put into the designing of vehicles with "Robot-brains"*vehicles that can be set for particular destinations and that will then proceed there without interference by the slow reflexes of a human driver. I suspect one of the major attractions of the 2014 fair will be rides on small roboticized cars which will maneuver in crowds at the two-foot level, neatly and automatically avoiding each other
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