{"id":6129,"date":"2010-01-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/the-tablets-of-our-dreams-tablet\/"},"modified":"2010-01-22T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T17:00:00","slug":"the-tablets-of-our-dreams-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/the-tablets-of-our-dreams-tablet.php","title":{"rendered":"The Tablets of Our Dreams [Tablet]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Computers in movies look nothing like the beasts we lug around today. They're thin and light, a single pane that jumps to life when touched. Technology follows Hollywood dreams; here's hoping this montage is a portent of what's coming soon.<\/p>

The world will be shocked if Apple doesn't<\/em> reveal a tablet computer next week. It won't be the first, not by any stretch, and it won't be the first multitouch device, naturally. But as we envision it<\/a>, the tablet represents the fusion of two of the most steadfast dreams of sci-fi nerds and ordinary people alike.<\/p>

This reel, compiled for Giz by Mike Byhoff and Frank Cozzarelli as a celebration of sci-fi's longstanding love affair with tablets and touch interfaces, is pretty self explanatory, but there are a few things to think about:<\/p>

• The greatest literary device in sci-fi history, the actual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy<\/em>, was, in fact, a tablet.<\/p>

• Gene Roddenberry was—like some tech analysts these days—in favor of the tablet coming in large and small sizes.<\/p>

• The Incredibles<\/em>, created by Steve Jobs' Pixar, not only has the most Apple-like vision of a tablet, but shows it sliding out of a manila envelope, three years before<\/em> Steve drew the slender MacBook Air out of the same.<\/p>

• We're not sure what Bart Simpson<\/a> is doing to that iMac either, but apparently \"Mapple\" beat Apple to the punch with touchscreen all-in-ones.<\/p>

• It is physically impossible to craft a montage of sci-fi interfaces without showing Tom C. in Minority Report<\/em>.<\/p>

• You may say that the tablets of Moses weren't exactly interactive. Fine, believe what you will, but take our advice and stay the hell away from golden calves.<\/p>

There are plenty more crazy touch computer sightings in TV and movies—if you can track any down, be sure to post them in comments.<\/p>

Special thanks to Mike Byhoff and Frank Cozzarelli of Gawker TV<\/a> for working overtime to pull this reel together. The catchy music—chosen for its sci-fi-friendliness, its nice buildup, and its utter lack of resemblance to 1990s techno—is \"Lovely Allen\" by Holy Fuck, which you can (and should) buy here at Amazon<\/a>, or here on iTunes<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>

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