off the highways, which, among other things, will minimize paving problems...cars will be capable of crossing water on their jets, though local ordinances will discourage the practice.” • Humans would have colonized the moon. And Earth-bound citizens would be able to communicate with lunar friends by sending conversations through "modulated laser beams, which are easy to manipulate in space.” • "Robots will be neither common nor very good in 2014, but they will be in existence… robot housemaid...large, clumsy, slow- moving but capable of general picking-up, arranging, cleaning, and manipulation of various appliances. • Life expectancy would hit 85 years old in some parts of the world