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...ever been there as a work of art. But it's worth thinking about the other vehicle that the curators, Joe MacDonald and Kim Shkapich, asked Ford to display. This is the O21C, a vision of lime green and white that looks like it could be either Judy Jetson's shopmobile or a great little around-town-vehicle for New York, or London, or Tokyo. The O21C was designed, under Mays' supervision, by product designer Marc Newson. It is small, simple and elegant; it could be a perfect mass market city car. And it will never be produced. The reason...
...ever been there as a work of art. But it's also worth thinking about the other vehicle that the curators, Joe MacDonald and Kim Shkapich, asked Ford to display. This is the O21C, a vision of lime green and white that looks like it could be either Judy Jetson's shopmobile or a great little around-town-vehicle for New York, or London, or Tokyo. The O21C was designed, under Mays' supervision, by product designer Marc Newson. It is small, simple and elegant. And it will never be produced...
...rolls into the 21st century, the mail system designed by Benjamin Franklin 225 years ago is struggling to survive in a George Jetson universe. In the past few years, the U.S. Postal Service has launched a blizzard of new services--stamps over the Internet, electronic bill payment and a service that prints and mails electronic documents. Yet revenues depleted by alternative communications (e-mail, electronic banking), combined with rising fuel and operating costs, have led this year to a daunting $350 million loss...
...gentlest of pokes. "We as a nation can't afford to make Barney Rubble investments in a George Jetson world," Joe Lieberman said last week. But this oblique comparison between George Bush and a cartoon caveman was too much for Bush to let slide. "Americans," he huffed in response, "are tired of the name calling...
Technology will change beauty habits in other ways. Teeth will become a fashion accessory, changed as often as your outfit, like fake nails. And get ready for the ultimate Judy Jetson moment: you'll be able to literally put on your public face (with invisible pegs) before leaving the house. "If you want big eyes, you can have big eyes," says Dr. Howard Murad, a Los Angeles dermatologist, "The way things are moving now, it could be 10 years...