December 07, 2004
Computers in 2004
Do you have one of these at home? This was supposed to be published in 1954. If this is not a hoax, someone made really really wild prediction. I wonder what that big wheel is for...
The caption at the bottom reads: Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer" could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientitsts readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use.
Posted by Parag at December 7, 2004 10:51 AM | TrackBack
Hey...maybe the wheel is the mouse!
Posted by: Medhavi at December 7, 2004 12:00 PMThe picture is actually an entry submitted to an image modification competition,
taken from an original photo of a submarine maneuvering room console found on U.S. Navy web site,converted to grayscale, and modified to replace a modern display panel and TV screen with pictures of a decades-old teletype/printer and television (as well as to add the gray-suited man to the left-hand side of the photo).
Since its originally a photo of submarine ,its has wheels...
The picture is actually an entry submitted to an image modification competition,
taken from an original photo of a submarine maneuvering room console found on U.S. Navy web site,converted to grayscale, and modified to replace a modern display panel and TV screen with pictures of a decades-old teletype/printer and television (as well as to add the gray-suited man to the left-hand side of the photo).
Since its originally a photo of submarine ,it has wheels...
Here is a full explanation:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp
Posted by: Walt Anthony at January 17, 2005 04:21 PMGreat information here. Just what I needed to complete my essay.
Thanks. In my opinion the internet is the key to success!
