Posted by admin on June 30th, 2009 and filed under telecoms|
Made in 1969 at the Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill, this eight minute film attempts to predict what the future of communications may be like.
Wow, tremendous … Wow, tremendous foresight there. Amazing how many predictions they got right:
- international video calls
- pagers
- answering machines
- facsimiles
- online bank statements
- online stock prices
- online mortgage calculators (!)
- working from home
Thankfully the user interface is a bit more friendly than that oddly shaped terminal
Interesting. I … Interesting. I suppose this was based on analogue technology. Though the bandwidth required without compression would have made it very expensive for video.
Some of the stuff … Some of the stuff looks rather dated, but they weren’t far off at all! Granted, all this can be (and is) done with the internet now, but aside from some slight differences, they were right on
It was looking like … It was looking like quite a reasonable prediction until she photocopied the plans off the screen! Given that documents could already be transmitted electronically by then (albeit not very practically) using forerunners of the fax machine, it’s surprising they didn’t expect something like that to become more mainstream.
Made in 1969 at the Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill, this eight minute film attempts to predict what the future of communications may be like.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Bwahahahha, that’s …
Bwahahahha, that’s a TV???
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
That’s fantastic. …
That’s fantastic. One of the few videos that predict the future that actually came true.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
that must be cool. …
that must be cool. hehehe
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
The gags at the …
The gags at the beginning and end are wonderfully prescient. “Wouldn’t that be better?” … hah, not necessarily.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Wow, tremendous …
Wow, tremendous foresight there. Amazing how many predictions they got right:
- international video calls
- pagers
- answering machines
- facsimiles
- online bank statements
- online stock prices
- online mortgage calculators (!)
- working from home
Thankfully the user interface is a bit more friendly than that oddly shaped terminal
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
wow I got one of …
wow I got one of them!!! its a computer cool
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Very interesting. …
Very interesting. And half of those things became a reality much earlier than the 90’s, like the answering machine.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
so hi teck
lol
so hi teck
lol
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Interesting. I …
Interesting. I suppose this was based on analogue technology. Though the bandwidth required without compression would have made it very expensive for video.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
lol this is pretty …
lol this is pretty funny, not too far off from the future, but the way they made this video seems ridiculous xD
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Some of the stuff …
Some of the stuff looks rather dated, but they weren’t far off at all! Granted, all this can be (and is) done with the internet now, but aside from some slight differences, they were right on
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Awesome! But when …
Awesome! But when exactly did injection-moulded plastic toys become popular in Dollis Hill?
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I love the last …
I love the last scene with the dad rolling his eyes because he is working home… LOL
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
That is frickin’ …
That is frickin’ awesome. I wish the interwebs really was just like that today.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
yeah bullshit this …
yeah bullshit this is real
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Absolutely bloody …
Absolutely bloody brilliant. I really enjoyed that, thanks for posting.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
It was looking like …
It was looking like quite a reasonable prediction until she photocopied the plans off the screen! Given that documents could already be transmitted electronically by then (albeit not very practically) using forerunners of the fax machine, it’s surprising they didn’t expect something like that to become more mainstream.