A Little Reflection On Our Progress as a Race
Posted by Brian Wong on Feb 26, 2009, under AerNews
Below is a 1981 news report about the future of news delivery: headlines on the computer screen. Today marks the day that the Kindle 2 is officially available for sale on the Amazon web store.
A little reflection on our progress as a race: just under 30 years ago, we were speaking of the day of digital newspaper delivery. Today we have a device, less than a couple centimeters thick, that can wirelessly download books over the cellular network and delivery live RSS feeds using e-paper technology that allows the battery to last for well over a couple of weeks.
The world is screaming the death of newspapers, magazines, and other traditional print media. We are living in a period of a fundamental media shift. I’m going to go out on a limb and predict direct delivery of news to our brains – human brain – machine interactions. I’m sure someone’s on it.
