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watch the movie Demolition man. It's from 1993 and you see the first appearance of a tablet like an iPad ..
by coldarchon 15y ago
watch the movie Demolition man. It's from 1993 and you see the first appearance of a tablet like an iPad ..
- georgemcbay 15y agoStar Trek: TNG started in 1987 and they were carrying around iPad-esque devices in some episodes. I seem to remember Geordi Laforge often having one when interacting with the ship's engineering computer or whatever. I'm mostly surprised by the fact that people are surprised by this video -- Fujitsu and others have been making tablets commercially for 15+ years. Alan Kay was talking about them in the 70s. The iPad was the right device at the right time (which is hugely important), but hardly a new idea in any way.
- Bud 15y agoYou're referring to the PADD: http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/PADD http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/PADD
- coldarchon 15y agoneither was the car invented by Ford or the phone invented by Bell, contrary to common belief. But they made them for mass production. Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym
- thwarted 15y agoAnd in 1988 Tom Hanks, in the movie Big, described a interactive, digital comic book.