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The iPad was conceptualized as a thin touch screen no-keyboard slate since at least 1992 in Star Trek TNG [0] [0] https://i1.wp.com/www.techdigest.tv/star-trek
by ddalex 8y ago
The iPad was conceptualized as a thin touch screen no-keyboard slate since at least 1992 in Star Trek TNG [0]
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- mercutio2 8y agoDynaBook was long, long before STtNG.
- monocasa 8y agoHow about 1960s, with 2001: A Space Odyssey. https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/did-stanley-kubrick-invent-ipad https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/did-st...
- joezydeco 8y agoThe iPad was also conceptualized in 1988 as "Tablet", the winning entry in the Apple Computer "Design the Computer of the Year 2000" contest. https://www.stephenwolfram.com/publications/academic/tablet-personal-computer-year-2000.pdf https://www.stephenwolfram.com/publications/academic/tablet-... One of the members of the winning team was Stephen Wolfram.