Holograms and personal flying machines required huge technological breakthroughs to make them possible. Those breakthroughs still haven't occurred. Teleporting - questionable it's even possible.
Self-driving cars are already on the streets in certain cities. Did you see the recent S-class test in Germany?[1] They're here right now, maybe not quite production-ready, but certainly in beta. There's no comparison at all.
So you think, by 2025, we'll be -as the article says- "rid[ing] in the back seat reading a book, sipping a cocktail, or sleeping as your car drives itself to your destination"?
Count me skeptical. As I said, I don't think little over a decade is enough for that to happen.
Since the iPhone, we've added some pixels to its screen and a fingerprint scanner to the button.
Sure, in some circumstances we'll turn on this advanced version of cruise-control. But we won't be lounging while we get from A to B.
> Since the iPhone, we've added some pixels to its screen and a fingerprint scanner to the button
Did you forget about the 40x speed increase? Sheesh. I bet you're not still using an iPhone 1.
And no, I don't believe everyone will be being chauffeured around in their self-driving cars by 2025, but it will be an option at some price point. In fact, I expect that by 2020, if not earlier.
Self-driving cars are already on the streets in certain cities. Did you see the recent S-class test in Germany?[1] They're here right now, maybe not quite production-ready, but certainly in beta. There's no comparison at all.
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKqJccK_EkM