A vision of the future? Yes, indeed.

In 1994, Knight Ridder’s Information Design Lab produced a video which was their vision of the future of newspapers: The Tablet Newspaper. Have a look at around 2:20, and see if it looks at all familiar!

(I guess my nearest equivalent in gadget prediction is shown here.)

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Go back to 1969 – video on tablet in film 2001 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ8pQVDyaLo

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