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Occasionally amidst all the dross, caption catz, and lols on the interweb, you come across a website that’s an informative, amusing and downright interesting way to spend a few minutes and I was lucky enough to find one today.

Back in 1972, Geoffrey Hoyle (son of Sir Fred Hoyle) wrote a children’s book about 2010:Living In The Future.

Being that we have now reached the future (so to speak) what better time to see what came true, and what didn’t, and that’s exactly what Daniel Sinker did at this site: 2010: Living In The Future – The Book.

The site’s well worth a read, and Daniel’s commentary is very amusing, whilst always affectionate. Geoffrey Hoyle did get a few things spot on, while a few were somewhat wide of the mark, though I do fancy that dedicated bacon oven and the throwing toast machine…..

So after you’ve read that; what are your predictions for 2048? Jumpsuits are a given