http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/1931s-remote-controlled-farm-of-the-future/ A history of the future that never was Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/1931s-remote-controlled-farm-of-the-future/#comment-658 smallerdemon Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:55:59 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=3435#comment-658 My paternal grandmother's father died from a tractor accident on a new tractor back in the 30s. You can see why, too, just be looking at the tractor. Safety wasn't exactly a concern, and so when you hear people talking about "The good old days." they forget about things like the bad old days of death by tractors turning over on top of you on a regular basis. My paternal grandmother’s father died from a tractor accident on a new tractor back in the 30s. You can see why, too, just be looking at the tractor. Safety wasn’t exactly a concern, and so when you hear people talking about “The good old days.” they forget about things like the bad old days of death by tractors turning over on top of you on a regular basis.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/1931s-remote-controlled-farm-of-the-future/#comment-656 Scott Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:40:49 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=3435#comment-656 It's even got a Kinect sitting on top! It’s even got a Kinect sitting on top!

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/1931s-remote-controlled-farm-of-the-future/#comment-646 Paul Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:54:54 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=3435#comment-646 Ahh, but it's the fine details of the flatscreen - simple wood molding for the picture frame makes it spot-on early 20th century. Love the ad pun - now I'll always be looking for both the direct and indirect bearing(s) on practically everything I use or enjoy! Ahh, but it’s the fine details of the flatscreen – simple wood molding for the picture frame makes it spot-on early 20th century.
Love the ad pun – now I’ll always be looking for both the direct and indirect bearing(s) on practically everything I use or enjoy!

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/1931s-remote-controlled-farm-of-the-future/#comment-641 Rudy Garcia Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:23:58 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=3435#comment-641 Funny thing is the man wearing a suite in the "office". No one wears suite in 2012 (well almost no one). More accurate would have been a guy in polo shirt, khakis and a baseball cap turned backwards... Funny thing is the man wearing a suite in the “office”. No one wears suite in 2012 (well almost no one). More accurate would have been a guy in polo shirt, khakis and a baseball cap turned backwards…

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/1931s-remote-controlled-farm-of-the-future/#comment-638 David Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:30:39 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=3435#comment-638 Love the rotary dial phone with the flat screen Love the rotary dial phone with the flat screen

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/1931s-remote-controlled-farm-of-the-future/#comment-636 Wutzke Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:47:13 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=3435#comment-636 Love the juxtaposition of the spot-on flat panel screen, and the classic 1930's telephone. "Operator! Get me Farm Hill 5-2343, right away! One of my robo-tractors has thrown a Timken bearing." Love the juxtaposition of the spot-on flat panel screen, and the classic 1930′s telephone. “Operator! Get me Farm Hill 5-2343, right away! One of my robo-tractors has thrown a Timken bearing.”

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/1931s-remote-controlled-farm-of-the-future/#comment-635 Neen Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:05:34 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=3435#comment-635 What an exciting find! Thank you! What an exciting find! Thank you!

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