Images of the Day: How the Soviets envisioned future tech in the 1900s

Soviet and Russian magazine, Tekhnika Molodezhi (Technology for the Youth) was a scientific and technological publication that expertly crafted each cover to portray a futuristic scene. Let's take a look at some of these artistically visual predictions of what scientists thought the future held.

1938 – Zeppelins with many propellers in a web-like formation

1949 – Flying cars soaring in the sky

1950 – Space station

1952 – Underwater factories

1952 – A hoverbus of sorts

1952 – A city spaceport

1963 – Two-wheeled car

1964 – Flying saucer

1969 – Sailboats in space

1969 – Humanoid-robot

1974– A dual-function underwater navigating and airborne ekranoplan

1978 – Maglev-type trains

1979 — An orca whale torpedo

1980 – Underwater car

1989 – Cyborg-like man

1990 – A robotic dinosaur

Story via Tekhnika Molodezhi