Ten 100-year predictions that came true
In 1900, an American civil engineer called John Elfreth Watkins made a number of predictions about what the world would be like in 2000. How did he do?
In December of that year, at the start of the 20th Century, John Elfreth Watkins wrote a piece published on page eight of an American women’s magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal, entitled What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years.
1. Digital colour photography
2. The rising height of Americans
3. Mobile phones
4. Pre-prepared meals
