Disney's 'House of the Future,' Circa 1957

This promotional video from Disneyland shows just how far we've come in a little more than 50 years. Disneyland is set to unveil a new 'House of the Future" this May in partnership with Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard. (Feb. 13)

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[kingj2038]

Gross how the kid uses an electric toothbrush in a house visited over 1 million times

[MrNicespaces]

This house is now being used at Gitmo.

[CaptBadass115]

In 50 years since video*

"Dad"

"Yes son?"

"Wheres my mudafukin jetpack?"

"IDK son. Ask your followers on facebook and twitter."

[malvavisco10]

Right! A lot of these old techno-fantasies operated on the idea of "take something non-electronic and make it electronic" even if it's unnecessary and inefficient. Some things (non-electronic, wooden cabinets) never go out of style! The device that lowers the dishes....a) I'd worry something would get broken b) it doesn't hold much.

Stil fun to watch, though!

[Melody1474]

its cool of hw some of the technology depicted in the vid is actually available now.

[Olivia Calabro]

thats how i thought it would be now

[pochopaz7381]

0:19 Wait.... what? where did that technology went?

[Mike Johnson]

Convenience? If I had to wait for everything to fall from the ceiling I'd go mad

[jedimaster1122]

Darnit, if my DeLorean was still working, i'd fix that place and make it look like what today actually is :P

[artsygirl181]

Gee, if they could invent that stuff just for that house, then why didin't they share these inventions with the rest of the world? I'm sure a lot of people would love the adjustable sink.

[ScrapNfight]

Why would anyone want TO WAIT for dishes to remotely be lowered out of a cabinet? They got it WRONG on this one. Electric toothbrush was about the only thing they got right, but that wasn't any big stretch at the time this film was made. Certainly not the elevating bathroom sink. Ridiculous.

[Jim Aroo]

Magazine stories and TV shows in the 50's often featured "the world of the future".

Almost none of the stuff they predicted ever came about (except that infected electric toothbrush). And not one of them predicted. PCs, Ipods, CDs, or $4 a gallon gasoline. I never saw a prediction that all cars, all public buildings and most homes would have.....air conditioning. Thanks for posting - it is a kick to see how wrong they were.