Cinema Fist writes in their latest entry about the visionary ideas that both Stanley Kubrick and Auther C. Clarke had in both their film and writings, specifically around 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Amazing foresight is seen in the technology that was thought up, especially when it comes to the idea of the iPad.
quote from Clarke's version of 2001:
"When he tired of official reports and memoranda and minutes, he would plug his foolscap-sized Newspad into the ship's information circuit and scan the latest reports from Earth. One by one he would conjure up the world's major electronic papers ... Switching to the display unit's short-term memory, he would hold the front page while he quickly searched the headlines and noted the items that interested him. ... the postage-stamp-sized rectangle would expand until it neatly filled the screen and he could read it with comfort. When he had finished, he would flash back to the complete page and select a new subject for detailed examination. "
more of the writing can be found on the Cinema Fist website
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