SMART INFRASTRUCTURE MATCHES SUPPLY AND DEMAND

摘要

Predicting the future is invariably perilous. One need only watch vintage, post-World War II movies, TV shows, and advertising videos that look ahead to the futuristic 1990s to see this in action, not to mention enjoy some hilarious entertainment. In a 1967 ad produced by Philco-Ford, we see a future where a "housewife" orders products from her favorite store via a video link directly to the retailer. Not bad, actually. We then learn that a separate video system delivers the bill to her husband. He communicates with the store by scribbling a note and inserting it into a machine. Early fax or the first handwritten e-mail?