Earlier this week, I posted about the death of Paul Baran co-inventor of packet switching-the core technology of Internets-- and co-founder of the Institute for the future, where I Research Director am not-for profit forecasting thinktank. Yesterday, as we through our library of Baran's brilliant and still relevant, research papers saw, we encountered a mind-blowing report of 1971, entitled "towards a study of future urban high telecommunications." At the time Baran and his were considered colleagues IFTF how the military ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, one day could change our daily lives, when it was publicly accessible. This report contained a beautiful prophetic page of forecasts with the title "Short descriptions of potential home of information services." Here you will find a complete review of the page. Here are some of my favorites (remember, this was 1971!):
"IFTF celebrates Paul Baran: forecast on the Internet" (IFTF, thanks Jean Hagan!)* dedicated to newspaper. A number of pages of printed and graphic information, possibly including photos, the Organization was provided of which according to his preferences of a user.
* PLAYS AND FILMS FROM A VIDEO LIBRARY. Selection of all games and movies. Requires color and good sound.
* RESTAURANTS. After a query for a type of restaurant (Japanese, for example), reservations, menu, prices are displayed. Displays dishes, location of tables can contain.
* LIBRARY ACCESS. After an interactive "browsing" with a "Librarian computer" and an offer for the costs of the hardcopy facsimile or a slow - scan video transmission, is home to a book or a magazine.
"Paul Baran obituary" (the guardian)
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