SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Abrams. Softcover octavo good in black glossy wraps. More than 250 useful, time-saving gadgets, foods, and forms of transportation that are in production or have been produced. More than 250 inventions, explaining ho w each product or service works. The odds it is available and projected price. Ex. : the holograph pnone transmitting a 3-D holographic image of caller. Price about 2K.; Butler in a box. Orders pizza, catches burglars. about $1, 500. Flying car--say a Honda, add wings, tail another engine. Price 150, 000; serographic bedsheets, electrified birth control, potato ice cream, uphill skiing, microwave c lothes dryers, pregaphones, self-weeding lawns. much more.

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Title: FUTURE STUFF
Publisher: Penguin Books, NY, 1989.
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0140126392
ISBN 13: 9780140126396
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Book Type: Book

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Introduces hundreds of time-saving, practical, crazy, and outlandish inventions scheduled for arrival in the next century, from the mood suit to the butler-in-a-box

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This is a consumer's guide to over 250 useful and time- and energy-saving products and services which will affect the way Americans work and play by the year 2000. They are at present on the drawing board, in production, or already being test marketed. Included are not only serious inventions like voice-activated computers and lenses to help the blind see, but also fun stuff like kiss moisturizers and bikinis which will change color with one's mood. The book gives the odds on availability, estimated time of arrival, price, and explains how each invention works. The text is nontechnical, very readable, and appropriately described as window-shopping into the future. Recommended for public and undergraduate libraries.
- Sarojini Balachandran, Auburn Univ. Libs., Ala.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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