The caption on this photo reads "Scientist from Rand Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer" could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology would not be feasible for the average home. Also the scientist 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."
So here we have it. In 1954 scientist were projecting what computers would be like in the future. They were certainly right about technology changing to solve the problems that they were working on. But I think they were just a little off regarding whether the average home could house a "home computer".
Just a fun bit to think about. And while you are thinking, a few questions. Is it really progress that we have computers in our homes? Has it made the average home better because students have the world at their fingertips, or has it made the world worse as we become a society of fat recluse people with poor social skills? Has it opened up the world for shut in's, or has it closed the world for people who choose to sit in front of the magic box rather than experiencing life first hand 'out there'? Has the world progressed as a result of our ability to have all this info in our homes, or have we simply created a new venue for men to masturbate looking at pictures of lovers they will never possess? Just food for thought!
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