Thu. 01/06 - 1922's Predictions for 2022 + FOVs (Fish-Operated Vehicles)

A look at predictions for today from a 1922 article in The New York Herald. Plus, move over self-driving cars, introducing fish-operated vehicles. And car commercials in France will soon require advertisers to tell people not to drive.
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Image 87 of The New York herald (New York, N.Y.), May 7, 1922 (Library of Congress)

"One Hundred Years From Now" poem by Mary A. Ford (Library of Congress, LOC Serendipity)

What the World Will Be Like in a Hundred Years (1922) (Hacker News)

Scientists train goldfish to drive a fish-operated vehicle on land (Ars Technica)

Not to Alarm Anyone, but Scientists Taught Goldfish to Drive (Gizmodo)

Scientists Defy God, Teach Goldfish to Drive on Land (Vice)

Car ads in France soon must encourage more environmentally friendly travel (NPR)

'Opt for cycling': French car ads required to back travel alternatives from 2022 (France24)

French Car Ads Will Soon Be Required by Law to Tell You Not to Drive a Car (Gizmodo)

Kew scientists name new tree after Leonardo DiCaprio (BBC)
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