Visions of the future that didn't come true

Related: The Practical Futurist

1. Innovation
   1. Plant parts used to generate electricity
   2. Robot learns to recognize objects on its own
   3. Navy's X-47B drone makes first carrier-style landing
   4. Bug-eyed camera gets wide angle view - through 180 lenses
   5. Solar plane makes first stopover in US odyssey
2. Tech & science
   1. Cicada bugfest closes in on city-dwellers
   2. Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4 vs. Wii U: Can one console rule?
   3. Collapsed I-5 bridge gone from Google Maps — almost as quickly as it fell
   4. Communications satellite launched into space
   5. iOS 7 likely to be flat ... and black and white?
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