Even with the advent of virtual realities and talking computers, the solution is sometimes a little more basic.
According to Arthur C Clarke's Third Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" and to a 1960s audience, the talking computers and space stations of 2001: A Space Odyssey must have seemed incredible.
Heck, they have been talking about how computers and evolving computer storage is going to eliminate the need for paper, and my filing cabinets are still bulging.
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The test subjects said they wanted to talk to their computer, but after five minutes of actually doing it, their throats were getting sore and the room, with everyone talking to their computers, was noisy and obnoxious.
He began talking about a time when computers, smart TVs, videophones and other gadgets would link up via a worldwide network of information and entertainment services.
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It hooks up hundreds of computers around the world to get them talking to one another at the same time to calculate acoustic and electromagnetic effects on the fuselages of fighter planes when they are in steep angles of attack.
The smooth-talking Brit who gave us the sleek designs of the iPod, iPhone and Mac computers can, from now, be referred to as Sir Jonathan Ive, or perhaps if he prefers, Sir Jony.
This serves as yet another example of computers showing their ability to be better at handling the unknown than loud-talking experts.
Another AM has been talking to constituents who aren't always impressed with seeing their politicians tapping away at computers in the chamber.
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