The Dhaka Times Desk We don't know where technology will take us in the future, nor did our ancestors know where we are today. However, at the time, many companies created advertisements based on the idea of what the future might hold.
Today we bring you 5 historical ads that were conceived with today's technology that we use today.
1. The first ad was AT&T. They ran a TV ad based on the idea of what future technology would be like in the 90s. It showed people using advanced TVs, using maps in cars, watching TV at the same time, using the Internet at the beach, these were AT&T around 1993 or 1992. Its concept, but we have moved far beyond that concept of AT&T today, we have many advanced technologies including Google Glass, smart phones, street view cars.
2. In 1967, CBS organized a program about how the 21st century will be, when the presenter sat in front of a huge machine and explained that in the 21st century, home theater will be in people's homes! Maybe people can watch a live football match at home. Yes, these ideas were imagined at that time, but today these ideas of CBS have become real and true. Now we can watch sports or events held in any continent from the comfort of our homes.
3. This ad was created by Apple, the most talked about and famous technology company of today, it is an ad from 1987 where Apple showed that they are going to bring a technology where people can easily make direct video calls, exchange messages and bring touchscreen technology. Yes, what we see today is the idea of the eighties today!
4. This is a 1966 ad showing that a day will come when people will have a device in their home that will allow them to do banking, insurance, office, CCTV, watch videos, watch pictures, guess what? Yes, today's computer is the name of the imagination of that day! What can we do today with computers? The imagination of 1966 is in our hands today!
5. This is an advertisement from 1995 in which some American students of class 5 tell what they want to happen on the Internet. Rain forest could be seen! Yes, today all these things are being done on the internet and everything has become a reality.
Source: The Tech Journal
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