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Lydia_K@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 2 years ago

Google didn't do wearable tech before Meta, Star Trek did it before both of them.

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Google didn't do wearable tech before Meta, Star Trek did it before both of them.

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Lydia_K@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    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.

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      Earlier than 68:

    • FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works
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      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.

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

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          Homo Deus

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            What you just say motherfucker!?

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

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

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        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

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    deleted by creator

    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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      I think it was more because of the huge backlash surrounding privacy.

      Nobody wants to be filmed all the time just because you hang around with someone wearing Google glasses.

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    Wearable tech has been a thing since before pocketwatches, wtflol

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      Check out my wrist-sundial!

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        Neat!

        *takes photo

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    Wearble

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      Werble

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        Wrble?

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          wbl

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            wirbel

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            Dubya

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          Rock Warbler

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

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    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.

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      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…”

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    I am enraged by this Android SLANDER

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      The android looks pretty upset as well.

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

    And a tablet too (from microsoft?)

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