6 Fading Futures Technologies Predicted for 2025 That Never Materialized And Why

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6 Fading Futures Technologies Predicted for 2025 That Never Materialized And Why

Welcome to 2025: Where Are Our Flying Cars? Well, here we are! It's 2025, a year that for decades has been a convenient placeholder for "the future." Sci-fi movies, futurists, and even mainstream media outlets have painted vivid pictures of what life would be like by now. While we've certainly seen incredible advancements (hello, AI everywhere!), some of those grand predictions for 2025 have, well, simply failed to materialize. Let's take a fun look back at six technologies we were promised for today that are still firmly in the realm of science fiction, or at best, niche prototypes. The Ubiquitous Flying Car Ah, the classic. Every vision of the future seemed to include personal vehicles soaring through cityscapes. From the Jetsons to Blade Runner, flying cars were the ultimate symbol of 21st-century mobility. In 2025, while we have some intriguing eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) prototypes and even a few certified models for very specific uses, they a…

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