Forbescurrently has an all-encompassing examination of the future , with both past and present perspectives , posted online . Neil Steinberg’slook at the videophoneshould be of special interest to paleo - futurist .
Somehow , these future wonder of the past — food for thought pills , super C clique , flying cars and , yes , video telephones — have an inertia that world does n’t seem to be able to wholly thwart . They manage to be both quondam and repudiated , yet somehow keep back their cachet as attractive potential future wonders . Video sound stay a real possibility — if they wish well , people placing phone call over the Internet can already see each other using Webcams . It ’s easy to ideate this becoming standard practice session .
Or not . Because no matter how loud and easy permeant computing machine technology create video telephones , they still bump up against one central government issue : whether masses will want to see and be learn by those they pass on with .
“ citizenry did not want to comb their hair to answer the telephone , ” aver Lucky in an interview with Bill Moyers .
See also : Picturephone as the perpetual technology of the futureThe Future is Now ( 1955)Television Phone Unveiled ( 1955)Governor Knight and the Videophone ( Oakland Tribune , 1955)Face - to - Face Telephones on the Way ( New York Times , 1968)Tomorrow ’s TV - Phone ( 1956 )
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