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Arthur C. Clarke predicting computing in 2001… back in 1974.

October 8, 2012 Posted by Karl Beecher under Uncategorized
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I just came across this lovely nugget of history courtesy of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It’s Arthur C. Clarke in 1974 predicting how, by the year 2001, we’ll all have small computers that can fit on a desk in our own home, and they’ll even be inter-connected with other computers across the world. We’ll take… read more