Once upon a time we thought we’d live in domed cities, piloting flying cars around while our homes were cleaned by robotic servants. We’d work three hours a day, three days a week just like in The Jetsons, and everything would be as bright and pristine as an iPod.

Launching a car from a catapult is about the closest we’ve come to getting them to fly reliably. So, what if all that futurist optimism actually paid off? Well, you’d probably give people gifts like these — click Continue for six gifts we’d give if that good ol’ world of tomorrow was actually today.