Archibald Montgomery Low was an eccentric yet visionary British inventor of the early 20th century. He would have been more well known to history is he hadn't been so distractible that he went on to a new idea before completing the previous project, or if he weren't disliked for his self-aggrandizement. Low introduced a prototype television in 1914, but abandoned that work to invent the first powered drone aircraft during World War I.
Low published quite a few books, including the 1925 volume titled The Future, in which he predicted the technology that would be available in the year 2025. He predicted power from wind turbines, smart phones that you wouldn't have to dial, moving sidewalks and escalators, and news delivered by television. He also predicted online banking and online crime to go with it. Read about these and other predictions for 2025 made 100 years ago at IFL Science. -via Strange Company
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