Apparently not the automatic sliding door. Star Trek the original series 1966. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_door https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto

Apparently not the automatic sliding door. Star Trek the original series 1966. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_door https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_door “In 1954, Dee Horton and Lew Hewitt invented the first sliding automatic door. The automatic door used a mat actuator. In 1960, they co-founded Horton Automatics Inc and placed the first commercial automatic sliding door on the market.[4]” And not just flat panel displays, but capacitive touch screens.