Retro-Futurist Home Technology Satire, circa 1906 Edwardian Cartoon

Evoking the techno-utopian fever of early H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, this densely packed Edwardian cartoon imagines a gentleman of leisure commanding every modern marvel from his armchair: wireless news delivery, opera piped to his door, stored sunlight, seaside air pumped from Atlantic City, and a video screen monitoring 'Son Willie.' It is a gleeful, prescient satire of networked media consumption — essentially predicting television, streaming, the internet, and smart home technology a full century early.