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I recently re-read Arthur C. Clarke's 2010, and noted with admiration that the characters are using small handheld computers with touchscreen interfaces.
by RyanMcGreal 14y ago
I recently re-read Arthur C. Clarke's 2010, and noted with admiration that the characters are using small handheld computers with touchscreen interfaces.
- rbanffy 14y agoI don't remember this detail. I'll probably have to reread it. Where were those used?
- RyanMcGreal 14y agoI believe it was fairly late in the book, but I'll look up the exact line when I get home this evening.
- sespindola 14y agoYou can also find them in the movie. If I recall correctly, they were used by someone on the orbital Hilton and by the astronauts on the discovery. Samsung recently used the movie as evidence of prior art against apple [1]. [1]: http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/08/samsung-uses-2010-a-space-odyssey-as-evidence-apple-didnt-invent-ipad-design http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/08/samsung-uses-2010-a-space...
- rbanffy 14y ago2001. They are seen aboard the Discovery, but they don't show touch interfaces (unless George Lucas somehow got hold of the rights and disfigured a masterpiece).
- Craiggybear 14y agoThey were doing this in 2001 the movie - and that was 1968.