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Uploaded on Apr 8, 2007

I recall when this video first came out how awe-struck I was. You have to remember that the graphical Web version of the Internet that we have today did not exist when this video was produced - it came six years later. This vision of how the summary of human knowledge could be digitally available and easily transferable between geographies at the click of a button was a sci-fi pipe dream at that moment. As was the finger-driven multi-touch interface which is just now, 20 years later, really becoming a reality (iPhone). Same with easy point-to-point video conferencing (iChat / Skype). While today we still don't have digital computer assistants we can talk to like in this video, we've got nearly everything else. Video uploaded from: http://www.digibarn.com/collections/m...

Update 10/4/11 - well, I guess my last comment about not having a digital assistant is now irrelevant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNsrl8...

I have the original Siri app on my iPhone, and while it's close, it's no digital assistant. What Apple previewed, built right into the OS, with one click of a button, that's nearly what was described in this video to a T. Quite impressive.

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  • faerierain

    RIP steve jobs <3 Your dream came true the day before your death ... 

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  • Arvin Alba

    My god, it even predicted the correct year - guy makes article five years ago, computer tells article was written in 2006. :O Steve Jobs is a prophet.

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  • Pablo Herrera

    I still dont understand why people still use fusel oil (gasoline) instead of putting in free practice all human tech discoveries!!!

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  • Noname3130

    All hail Father Jobs, our prophet

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  • Luke Walker

    all he did was steal ideas and tell people what to do...

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  • Noedish

    2032 apple will burn -My prediction or maybe just wish full thinking

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  • Justintimenine

    "Now printing" It's never that easy...

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  • TechnoHistorians

    LOL, the Siri guy looks like Bill Nye!

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  • I Got to say it Because Its true

    crap

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