AIRPLANES

"No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris."

Orville Wright，1908.

COMPUTERS

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."

Thomas Watson，chairman of IBM，1943.

CLOTHES

"Thirty years from now people will be wearing clothes made of paper which they will be able to throw away after wearing them two or three times③."

Changing Times Magazine，1957.

MEN ON THE MOON

"With the first moon colonies④ predicted⑤ for the 1970's，work is now in progress⑥ on the types of building required for men to stay in⑦ when they're on the moon."

Arnold B.Barach in The Changes to Come，1962.

THE BEATLES

"We don't like their sound，and guitar music is on the way out⑧."

Decca Recording Co.rejecting the Beatles，1962.

ROBOTS IN THE HOUSE

"By the year 2000，housewives will probably have a robot shaped⑨ like a box with one large eye on the top，several arms and hands，and long narrow pads⑩ on the side for moving about⑪."

New York Times，1966.

KEYS

"By the mid－1980's no one will ever need to hide a key under the doormat⑫ again，because there won't be any keys."

Computer scientist Christopher Evans，The Micro Millennium，1979.

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