(Still, you can bet that the name will reappear on a future model).
Johnson said just last month this is where we should seek inspiration for a future model of philanthropy.
Here, a brilliant design study for a future model that fires the public's imagination can set the career of a young designer on an upward arc.
In November, Carlos Ghosn, the chief executive of Nissan and Renault, promised to match the Nano with a future model.
That day, company officials prepared a memo raising questions about plans to continue installing the module, in a similar fashion, in a future model.
"For our Australian Metro Media titles, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Australian Financial Review, we are developing a future model with enhanced digital and print propositions.
Almost a century on, a realisation of the settlers' movement – with its cooperative structure, but on a grander scale – could offer the chance to establish a future model of housing provision for everybody.
"We have to create a future model where you can get additional revenue streams to come in," he adds, "because traditional newspaper income, from print circulation and advertising, is challenged".
A future model will have sensors to stop the robot driving over the edge of a table or staircase.This month a start-up called Romotive, based in Las Vegas, will begin shipping a similar iPhone-toting robot for $149.
Whether any of this actually saves lives is another question.One forthcoming device is an infra-red camera hidden behind the grille of a future model of the Cadillac Deville.
