Comments on: Monsanto House of Tomorrow: better living through plastics

By: webstu

webstu — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:58:00 +0000

“…At least for a few years before these things actually did start to make it into the common household.”

Some years ago, while heavily involved in streaming media development, and visiting Epcot (innoventions, spaceship earth, etc.) and realizing that all of the big breakthrough technologies for the “future” involved video streaming (or robotics or hydroponic gardening).

I assume they’ve redesigned innoventions since then.

By: Steve Miller

Steve Miller — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:46:00 +0000

Were the plastics made from genetically-enhanced soybeans?

By: Ernest Valdemar

Ernest Valdemar — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:18:00 +0000

Did early adopters in the past think that plastics of the future would magically become more comfortable in the near future, or were they just too entranced by the novelty of it all that they failed to notice how sweaty their asses were getting from sitting on vinyl upholstery while wearing polyester trousers?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:15:00 +0000

Pretty terrifying.

By: Paul Souders

Paul Souders — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:05:00 +0000

Vinyl flooring, plastic dishes, plexiglas windows, plywood…”Even the fabrics on furniture are of man-made fibers.”

Jeez imagine the outgassing.

And after a few years, everything all scratched and brittle and yellowing.

The past is a foreign country …

By: sam1148

sam1148 — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:43:00 +0000

Little did they realize the true ‘home of tomorrow’ for the masses is a double wide.

By: laen

laen — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:34:00 +0000

Needs more photos of countless older homes.

By: Jonathan Badger

Jonathan Badger — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:56:00 +0000

Yeah, yeah. People used to think plastic was cool. Ha! Ha! Now, instead, we are into new stuff like 3D printers — which churn out plastic widgets…

By: Funk Daddy

Funk Daddy — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:11:00 +0000

I can’t stand there all day like a chump waiting for my cabinets to drop! Thank goodness that in the future that is women’s work.