Did you know that the concept of tablets was actually dreamt up by the creators of the iconic movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”? Yep, you heard that right! During a scene where astronauts are munching on their breakfast, they’re casually flipping through the news on sleek, black, rectangular devices with big screens. The film’s visionaries imagined these as the “newspapers” of the future.
Fast forward a few decades, and during the heated patent wars between Apple and Samsung, the latter whipped out stills from “2001: A Space Odyssey” as proof that Apple wasn’t the first to dream up the tablet’s design. However, the judge wasn’t buying it as a legitimate argument.
But as is often the case with top-notch sci-fi, it’s entirely possible that the tablet-newspapers from the movie inspired the real tech wizards to create what would eventually become the tablets we can’t live without today.
And guess what? Today marks the 56th anniversary of the film’s premiere!
@science
