The Long History of the Future review: Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch

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The Long History of the Future review: Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch

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Flying cars have long been part of our imagined future – but that is where they may remain

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Nicole Kobie (Bloomsbury Sigma (***, on ***** now; US, 24 September))

A handful of technologies teeter on the cusp of release but never arrive. Take driverless (or even flying) cars, superintelligent machines and human-like robots that free us from the drudgery of everyday chores. What stops them leaving the minds of inventors and entering our homes?

That is what Nicole Kobie asks in The Long History of the Future: Why tomorrow’s technology still isn’t here…

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