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Author:

Wilson, Daniel H. (Daniel Howard), 1978-

Title:

Where's my jetpack? : a guide to the amazing science fiction future that never arrived / Daniel H. Wilson ; illustarted by Richard Horne.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

192 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Inventions--Miscellanea.
Inventions--History.
Inventions--Humor.
Forecasting--Miscellanea.

Contents:

Advanced transportation -- Jetpack -- Zeppelin -- Moving sidewalk -- Self-steering car -- Flying car -- Hoverboard -- Teleportation -- Future-tainment -- Underwater hotel -- Dolphin guide -- Space vacation -- hologram -- Smell-o-vision -- Robot pet -- Superhuman abilities -- Mind-reading device -- Anti-sleeping pill -- Invisible camouflage -- Artificial gills -- X-ray specs -- Universal translator -- The home of the future -- Robot servant -- Unisex jumpsuit -- Smart house -- Food pill -- Self-contained skyscraper city -- Humans ... in space! -- Ray gun -- Space mirror -- Space elevator -- Cryogenic freezing -- Moon colony.

ISBN:

9781596911369
1596911360

LCCN:

2006021683

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)