On Jun 16, 10:24=A0pm, John W Kennedy  wrote:
> Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
>
> > It's a question of what reality can do to simulate future tech. =A0If, i=
n
> > 1963, you tried to peddle the idea of a flat and thin display monitor,
> > never mind one that accepted commands by touching it, you'd have been
> > laughed at.
>
> Actually, that's not true. I remember reading about flat TV sets in "My
> Weekly Reader" ca. 1960. And I can think of at least three ways that
> touch screens would have been conceivable (and light pens were already
> in use).

By the end of the 1960s screens in 2001: A Space Odessey
would not only be flat but could be rolled up.  We're not there
yet but soon enough.
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