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Vintage illustration of a futuristic 3-wheeled self-driving 'dream car,' 1961.GraphicaArtis—Getty Images
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The Dynasphere, an electrically-driven wheel, capable of speeds of 30mph, being tested on the beach at Weston Super Mare by Mr J. A. Purves of Taunton, who invented the machine with his son.Fox Photos/Getty Images
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The George Bennie Railplane System, a suspended monorail for passengers set above the existing railway with a LNER locomotive traveling underneath. The project, funded by George Bennie, was set up at Burnbrae, near Milngavie, Scotland as an experiment. It was dismantled in 1956.WCN/McCorquodale Studio/SSPL/Getty Images
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Actor Christopher Lloyd (in passenger seat) arrives in a DeLorean car at Universal Studios Hollywood's "Back to the Future - The Ride" in University City, California on Aug. 7, 2007. Lloyd, who portrayed Doc Brown in the 1985 film "Back to the Future," made the appearence to mark a month-long countdown to the closure of the 14-year-old ride.Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images
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Vintage illustration of a futuristic American family on vacation, with the father driving his wife and two kids in a flying saucer instead of a car, 1950s.GraphicaArtis/Getty Images
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Jet-Boat of Tomorrow circa 1945.Buyenlarge—Getty Images
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Architect James Dartford designed this model of 'Skyport 2000', a futuristic proposal for an airport in the year 2000. The model shows how aircraft could land and take off from a giant platform supported by three glass-clad pillars. These would contain lifts carrying passengers down to a hotel, offices, and parking for private planes and cars.Keystone/Getty Images
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An artist's impression of the future circa 1958 of the automobile: a vehicle that easily draws the attention of the police for exceeding the 120mph speed limit.Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images
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19th Century Illustration depicting futuristic airships and hot air balloons, entitled 'New York Sky Harbor.Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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French cartoon shows a man riding on a bicycle-like flying machine while looking through a telescope attached to the front circa 1867. Two balloons, "Velocipedes" and "Domanie," are attached at front and rear as are propeller-like wheels.Buyenlarge/Getty Images
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Aeronautical Engineer Burt Rutan's plane, the Long EZ sport plane on May 1982.John B. Carnett—Popular Science/Bonnier Corp./Getty Images
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Ford's show 'car of the future', the Atmos. 1954.FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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Vintage illustration of a globe surrounded by cars and planes driving on a highway around its circumference, 1941.GraphicaArtis/Getty Images
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