Futurama

We are living in what people from the past would consider 'the future'.
Now, I don't remember much before, say, 1989, seeing as how I wasn't alive.
But I have heard these great tales from years ago (you know, like, the 70's), of all these great technological advances the world would see by the year 2000. Elementary schools taught of the vast differences we would see in just 30 years' time.
Well, as you may or may not know, 9 years has passed, and I still don't feel like I'm living with the Jetsons. If you've heard any of these stories yourself, you would know they contained these amazing inventions, such as hover cars, great cities on the moon and other such planets, and robots just waiting to do our bidding.
Now, I'm not complaining or anything. But I'd love to know where these things are. Japan, maybe? They are seemingly much more advanced. Perhaps they are hiding it from us.
Yet, at the same time, people believed that by the year 2000, the computer would be so advanced that it would be the size of say, a walk-in closet.
Obviously, as I sit here in my bed, typing this on my laptop, we have far surpassed that goal.
But I would like to know why we haven't seen any of these other ideas come to life.
My car still stays on the ground, as does my house, and most other buildings. I do not have pill-sized meals that, once microwaved, turn into full-course dinners. You know, kind of like in Fifth Element?
Think of where we'd be now, if the year 2000 had been as grand as people thought it would be. Would we be able to call people with our molar phones? Have mp3 players implanted in our brains? What about teleportation? Would space ships be just as easily accessible as say, your local bus route?
Maybe by 2015, we'll be closer.
There you go, scientists, I've given you 6 years to get on this. You can do it; I believe in you.