this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What year was the tablet? Samsung argued against Apple that they couldn't own the design of the tablet itself because it had been done in 1968 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Either way, nearly every piece of tech could probably be found first in sci-fi.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

Earlier than 68:

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

IDK about first for everything as genres go, but sci-fi would certainly be the most comprehensive.

Shit, glasses are wearable tech if you wanna get technical about it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And if you want to get differently technical about it hearing aids are. And people with cochlear implants are cyborgs

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What you just say motherfucker!?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I’m not offended, some of my best gods are gay

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Linus Technologies had the write-top in 1987, and the GRiDPad came out in 1989.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dang, I actually would like a Write-Top, and this technology at that point is impressive to me:

Using an advanced symbol-recognition algorithm, the Linus ("of or about lines") can convert your scrawls into perfect text at a rate of about 5 characters per second. It recognizes uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols.

I'm sure modern tablets can do that even better but I haven't used one I really like the feeling of while writing.

*EDIT: Weight: 9lbs / 4 kg I change my mind, modern tablets are where it's at

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wearable tech has been a thing since before pocketwatches, wtflol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Check out my wrist-sundial!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Neat!

*takes photo

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Also cake or fake. I could have sworn that was the real Deana Troy .

[–] B1ackmsth 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm confused by the title. Google Glass came in 2013. Meta didn't release a vr headset until 2019. Not to mention wearables are more than vr/ar headsets. Android wear came out in 2014.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You are correct. The title is poorly worded. I believe it is supposed to read "Google was not the first to come out with wearable tech before Meta..."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

There was an ipad befpre apples ipad. From toshiba iirc.

And a tablet too (from microsoft?)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am enraged by this Android SLANDER

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The android looks pretty upset as well.