Comments on: Google as predicted in 1964

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:21:43 +0000

Am I the only one who sees the machine on the desk as a 1960s vintage Friden Flexowriter? (a teletype like device)

Also, flat screen TVs that hang on the wall like a picture were one of the future devices that geeks dreamed of around 1970, so it seems reasonable that someone had the idea in ‘64.

By: Harald

Harald — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:48:08 +0000

Actually the book predicts Wolfram|Alpha ;-)
(http://www.wolframalpha.com/)

By: Nigel Nix

Nigel Nix — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:11:41 +0000

That is absolutely amazing !

I was laughing myself silly but remember similar books.

By: Bradstor

Bradstor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:11:52 +0000

One thing which hasn’t been mentioned here is that the screen display ratio is 18:9 (yes, I measured it). Very close to the 16:9/10 we use nowadays!

By: Cappozzi

Cappozzi — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:35:50 +0000

Very interesting !!! I love “Mary had a little lamb”

By: manswer

manswer — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:04:19 +0000

I think we’re still far off. Look closely at the prediction. What’s missing? Ads everywhere, unexpected phonograph porn, and at-least-I-tried web design. /s

The guy who wrote this obviously had very good insight and sense of the practical.

By: Kiwi

Kiwi — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:26:55 +0000

You’d think ‘The Answer Machine’ would be voice activated instead of using a typewriter.

By: grocery

grocery — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:56:10 +0000

Love doing homework using old typewriter.

By: Joy

Joy — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:15:10 +0000

Neat!…love the flat LCD screen..^^

By: michael

michael — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:08:40 +0000

ok this would be great, but all the google owners had to do was look in that book for an idea.
then boom out comes google.

example-
a book says “in the future there will be a machine that will have the ability to teleport people”

all someone would have to do is read that book and then try to make one.

and also the book could of been written in like 1960 and still people are probably all ready trying to make one.

i understand were your going.
it would be more impressive if the book was undercover and not avalible to anyone.