EXPIRES: 2014

WRITTEN: 1964-08-16

By 2014, electroluminescent panels will be in common use. Ceilings and walls will glow softly, and in some cases will be capable of being set to different colors at the touch of a switch.

Isaac Asimov

"Visit to the World's Fair of 2014," The New York Times, August 16, 1964

Written: 1964-08-16

Addressed to: 2014

Source: "Visit to the World's Fair of 2014

Author: Isaac Asimov

Category: Daily Life

Annotation

Asimov's 2014 predictions, written for the Times on the occasion of the 1964 World's Fair, are a mixed bag of remarkable hits and misses. LED lighting panels became common consumer products by 2014, and Philips Hue (2012) allowed exactly the color-changing he described. This entry shows Asimov at his most precisely prescient.

What Actually Happened

LED panels and smart lighting (Philips Hue, 2012) made color-changing room lighting a commercial reality by 2014.

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2000

The epicure of the future is to dine upon artificial meat, artificial flour, and artificial vegetables. Wheat fields and corn fields are to disappear from the face of the earth, because flour and meal will no longer be grown, but made.

Marcellin Berthelot