The Internet Was Accurately Predicted in 1934

FreudianSlippers

Pretty damn accurate actually.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwRN5m64I7Y

Otlet's writings have sometimes been called prescient of the current World Wide Web. His vision of a great network of knowledge was centered on documents and included the notions of hyperlinks, search engines, remote access, and social networks—although these notions were described by different names

FreudianSlippers

Oops. Meant to post in Cool Vids & Pics & Links. Mod please move?

wellboy76

Its not going to happen..............sorry, gotta go.

My iPhone is ringing

Scuid Mhór

i heard it was predicted in the book of revelations too.

galwayrush

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

i heard it was predicted in the book of revelations too.

Yes, it's in the Bible Code,we only needed the power of modern computers to work the hidden message out.

Was Al Gore around back then?? LOL

starbelgrade

It was predicted in 1934, but there wasn't enough bukkake clips recorded at the time to get it started.

CrazyRabbit

It's somewhat easy to predict some technological advances. Da Vinci predicted flying machines and many other things.

I can predict that in the future...
...we'll have quantum based computers that are 1000's of times faster than current computers.
...that TV's/Monitors will be replaced with a direct feed into the human eye/brain.
...we will be able to control computers using thought alone.
...nano-scale 'robots' will be injected into the human body to cure illnesses and disease.
...the internet will become something that we have access to by just thinking. i.e. direct brain-to-internet linking. The sum of all human knowledge available to every single person.

Sisko

Its easier to make such predictions now however due to the sheer magnitude of information and ideas the average person is exposed to in our current time compared to 1934.

Its a pretty impressive prediction the guy made in fairness.

Overflow

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

It's somewhat easy to predict some technological advances. Da Vinci predicted flying machines and many other things.

I can predict that in the future...
...we'll have quantum based computers that are 1000's of times faster than current computers.
...that TV's/Monitors will be replaced with a direct feed into the human eye/brain.
...we will be able to control computers using thought alone.
...nano-scale 'robots' will be injected into the human body to cure illnesses and disease.
...the internet will become something that we have access to by just thinking. i.e. direct brain-to-internet linking. The sum of all human knowledge available to every single person.

Emm I think you have been watching too much Star Trek, sounds like the Borg to me.

Sisko

Ghost in the Shell and the matrix too but he's right. We are working on nano technologies for medical uses, and its only a matter of time before we're directly interfacing with computers without the middle man that is a mouse and keyboard or controller.

Cavehill Red

John Brunner predicted it too. In fact, his novel Stand on Zanzibar, set in 2010 oddly enough, details a world run by internet:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar

CrazyRabbit

Overflow wrote: »

Emm I think you have been watching too much Star Trek, sounds like the Borg to me.

Star Trek already predicted a lot of technology. Laptops, portable scanning devices, mobile phones, hypo-sprays etc.

Overflow

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Star Trek already predicted a lot of technology. Laptops, portable scanning devices, mobile phones, hypo-sprays etc.

True true !

Capt'n Midnight

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Star Trek already predicted a lot of technology. Laptops, portable scanning devices, mobile phones, hypo-sprays etc.

Doors that open automatically
computers with voice recognition
pda's
cashless society ( It's nearly possible now in Korea )