Re: Futuro

"Anthony Carric"> wrote
> "Don"> wrote
>> "Patrick Nickels"> wrote
>>> Did anyone see that article about the Futuro in Dwell Magazine a few
>>> months back? I know I can't afford it, but I really want one of those
>>> things. Is there one that's open to the public somewhere?
>>
>> Are you talking about this?
>> http://home.wanadoo.nl/~imagineer/mags/mag10.htm
>
> I read that article. It's funny how that's the designated "spaceship"
> shape. Have you seen the advertisements for the spaceship looking vacuum
> called the Roomba? It's supposed to be a little robot that does your
> floors for you. How modern.
>
> http://www.irobotroomba.com/

They have a series of lawnmowers that act the same way. They even come
with 
a burglar alarm, seems people like to pick them up and take off.

> I guess I'd pay five dollars to look inside a Futuro.

Yeah, I drop a lincoln to stroll thru one too.

You can see some
> footage of the Futuro's interior by going following Don's link.

There was a yellow/orange Futuro on display along the main drag in Fort 
Myers when we first moved to Florida in 1966 when I was but a young lad.
We took the tour though I remember little of it, except that it reminded
me 
of a TV show that was popular at the time, *Lost in Space*.