Closer Than We Think covered a huge range of technology, from space stations to farm vehicles, and while some of the ideas – like the zero-g hospital space station – would, could and should be ridiculed, many of the fantastical prophecies from half-a-decade before have become a reality.
Closer Than We Think’s vision for the future automobile has yet to become a production reality, but prototype 100-per cent solar-powered cars have been silently prowling the streets for years. And while the wording might be a little over the top; “Tomorrow the sunmobile may replace the automobile. The power of bottled sunshine will propel it. Your solar sedan will take energy from sunrays and store it in accumulators that work like a battery. This power will drive your car just like gasoline does today”. Today’s electric cars, if they’re recharged through renewable energy sources, are essentially the same thing.