Tech Dreamer Gifts

'You know when I was a kid, I really thought we'd have flying robot maids by now.'

'Sure, you can become a systems analyst if you want to - but tell Daddy, what is a systems analyst?'

'I shall now hand over to our guest speaker, management unit XT-56.'

"I'm waiting for self-flying cars."

'Someday, I hope to be a smart phone.'

"I've got this idea for a wake-up call."

"I had a wonderful dream that Anonymous turned out to be me."

"I can't afford an iPad so I just glued Apple logos on the back of all my books."

"Get out of the way! The transport vehicle of the future is about to overtake you! Soon everyone will have one!"

Coffee Shop and Battery Charging Station

Disinformation Highway.

'With the proper technology, we could make silicon chips out of this stuff.'

The hydrogen pill is just around the corner (floating car).

It's 2012. Here are just a few of the things we were meant to have by now.

Smartphone

'How did the launch of your tech business go?'

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"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

The Future: "Sorry, but I have to show you an ad now."

"Actually, she's just a figurehead boss. Our real CEO is an algorithm floating around somewhere in the cloud!"

"When I grow up, I'm writing the Great American App."

Rare earths are the key to a greenwashed, technotopian future

"He might not have got the job with Google, but they weren't going to stop Brian skateboarding to the office."

"I imagined the Library of Congress would be much bigger."

"By the way, the failing grades you'll be seeing-they won't be virtual."

'You're close, Spencer, but usually a business plan is a little more involved!'

'Charlotte's Website' ('The children's book classic rewritten for the electronic era!')

'Calling Tech Support does NOT count as one of my wishes!'

"He loves his computer but it's a love that's not returned."

Ideas Ahead of their Time

Gramophone dreams of mp3 player.

"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity."

Barcode Dreams

'You don't have to worry about my future any more- I just downloaded an entire college education.'

'Ideas.com' desk with a 'come' tray and a 'gone' tray.