facts first presents seven technologies
from the Jetsons that actually exist
today number one video phones of the
seven technologies from the Jetsons that
actually do exist today this is the most
popular if you ever watched the Jetsons
you know that they didn't have
traditional telephones when someone
would make a call the person's image
would appear on the screen as if they
were talking in person back Karen people
thought it would be a great idea except
when Jane Jetson answered the phone she
would worry about her hair and the
person on the other end seeing it
luckily she had a hairstyling device to
do her hair in seconds the back then we
had no idea that one day we would really
be using apps like Skype and FaceTime to
talk to each other face to face using a
computer or a phone there are even some
people who never use the traditional
phone anymore and every call they make
is through FaceTime number two robotic
assistance Rosie the maned was one of
the most popular characters on the
Jetsons she was a walking and talking
robot who took care of all of the
housework
she made lunches for the kids and she
answered the door in the telephone she
even pitched in to help care for Astro
the dog unfortunately we don't quite
have Rosie's level of technology yet but
we do have the Roomba it's a robot
vacuum cleaner that moves around your
house on its own it's also smart it
knows not to try to go vacuuming on its
own at a certain time of the day when
it's finished cleaning the home it'll
return to its charging duct there's even
a version of the Roomba that will cut
your grass thanks to this invention
homeowners don't need to spend their
Saturday afternoons cutting the grass or
vacuuming make it let the robot do it
for them hopefully someday we will have
a rosey available to us wouldn't that be
great it will give us much more free
time than we have today
hey Rosie give me a beer number three
drones when the Jetsons kids Judy and
Elroy went to school a flying personal
pod would come and pick them up today we
have drones drones can be used for
plenty of things people use drones to
take photos from high
but we also use them to deliver stuff
drones are often used in television and
film and recently we've been using
drones to deliver packages so far we
don't have drones to carry people around
but you know it's coming considering how
fast technology is growing it's just a
matter of time in just a few short years
we could be watching drones pick up our
kids for school number 4 3d printed food
when Jane Jetson wanted to make dinner
for her family she'd press a button and
the food would pop right out in the
Jetsons times anybody could be a good
cook as long as you could push a few
buttons you could feed your family a
four-course gourmet meal in 2017 3d
printers started being used more than
ever these printers are used to make
dental braces cars and even human body
parts they're also used to make food
there are 3d printers on the market that
will let you print your food on demand
whether you want a piece of chocolate a
spoonful of Nutella or a bowl of cookie
dough ice cream you can get it with just
the push of a button finally we can all
cook just like Jane Jetson
number 5 smart watches the adults on the
Jetsons wore watches that incorporated
video they can talk to someone on their
watch and do a variety of other things
right from their wrists today thanks to
the Apple watch and the Fitbit we can
make calls receive texts use maps and
track our sleep and fitness using a
simple piece of jewelry that we wear on
our wrist back when people were watching
new episodes of The Jetsons they never
expected to have devices like these we
didn't even have watches with alarms on
them back then technology really has
come very far number six treadmills for
dogs he just knew we were going to bring
this one up didn't yet when the Jetsons
wanted to take their dog Astro for a
walk they didn't need to put on their
walking shoes they simply put him on the
deck attached to their house in the sky
and press a button
Astro would spend his time walking on a
treadmill and he didn't need to bother
George or Jane to take him out for a
walk well today they do make treadmills
for dogs just like the ones they make
for us humans we never expected this
type of luxury would actually be a
real thing when we first saw Astro
walking on his number seven jetpacks
people didn't walk around on the Jetsons
because everything was so high up off
the ground some people used cars that
folded up so small they could fit into
their pockets other used jetpacks to
travel around today there are startup
companies such as aqua flyer jetpack
International and Martin jetpack who are
working to make traveling by jetpack a
true reality this will change the way
that people travel from place to place
so far they've made it possible to fly
over large bodies of water using the
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