Edible vaccines, built into genetically enhanced tomatoes, potatoes and bananas.
Same-sex marriage being legal in a fair number of countries and a small number of states. (I don't think that he'd see this as a bad thing, but I do think that it would surprise him quite a bit.)
Roleplaying games.
Integrated armed forces. (Truman signed an executive order integrating the U.S. military in 1948, but the last all-black unit didn't disband until 1954.)
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Date: 2012-04-19 04:46 am (UTC)The absence of newsreels and shorts when he goes to the movies.
Pacemakers (invented in 1960), coronary bypass surgery (first performed in 1967) and artificial hearts (1978).
DNA fingerprinting (1984) being taken for granted.
Automated teller machines (1969).
Industrial robots (1961) and in-vitro fertilization (1978). When Steve was growing up, both were the stuff of science fiction.
Cellphones (1973).
Smoke detectors (1969).
Music played on synthesizers (1964).
Video games (1962).
Streaming video. Watching what you want when you want, instead of when it's scheduled.
The Braille Glove, which translates sign language into text.
Edible vaccines, built into genetically enhanced tomatoes, potatoes and bananas.
Same-sex marriage being legal in a fair number of countries and a small number of states. (I don't think that he'd see this as a bad thing, but I do think that it would surprise him quite a bit.)
Roleplaying games.
Integrated armed forces. (Truman signed an executive order integrating the U.S. military in 1948, but the last all-black unit didn't disband until 1954.)
Women in the U.S. Armed Forces serving in combat situations.
Women wearing pants and men wearing skirts.
Anti-bullying legislation.