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In 1959, futurist Arthur Radebaugh imagined what a tech-savvy family of the future may look like and the illustration of his vision doesn’t look too far off from living room scenes across the country. (Well, except for the film canisters and clunky television.)

Radebaugh’s comic strip, Closer Thank We Think, made some pretty far out for time predictions about the future of home entertainment electronics:

Some unusual inventions for home entertainment and education will be yours in the future, such as the “television recorder” that RCA’s David Sarnoff described recently.

With this device, when a worthwhile program comes over the air while you are away from home, or even while you’re watching it, you’ll be able to preserve both the picture and sound on tape for replaying at any time. Westinghouse’s Gwilym Price expects such tapes to reproduce shows in three dimensions and color on screens as shallow as a picture.

Another pushbutton development will be projection of microfilm books on the ceiling or wall in large type. To increase their impact on students, an electronic voice may accompany the visual passages.

Full story at Neatorama.

A look into the future.