Where's My Jetpack?

[Dave Monroe]

Where's My Jetpack?

By Daniel H. Wilson
ISBN: 9780747582861
Format: Paperback, 192 pages, 198x129mm
Published: November 2007

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A hilarious investigation into the fantastical future promised us by
our predecessors, from the brilliant author and illustrator of How to
Survive a Robot Uprising

It's the twenty-first century and let's be honest – things are a
little disappointing. Contrary to every World's Fair prediction, every
futuristic ride at Disneyland and the advertisements on the last page
of every comic book, we are not living the future we were promised. By
now, life was supposed to be a fully automated, atomic-powered,
germ-free Utopia, a place where a grown man could wear a velvet
spandex unitard and not be laughed at. Where are the ray guns, the
flying cars, and the hoverboards that we expected? What happened to
our promised moon colonies? Our robot servants?

In Where's My Jetpack?, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson takes a hilarious
look at the future we always imagined for ourselves. He exposes
groundbreaking technology, spotlights existing prototypes and reveals
drawing-board plans. You will learn which technologies are already
available, who made them, and where to find them. If the technology is
not public, you will learn how to build, buy, or steal it. If it
doesn't yet exist, you will learn what barriers stand in the way of
making it real. With thirty entries spanning everything from
underwater hotels to self-contained skyscraper cities, and superbly
illustrated by Richard Horne (101 Things to Do Before You Die),
Where's My Jetpack? is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind look at the world
that we always dreamed of and that we're still waiting for.

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