Jamie Le Souef

I came across a YouTube video showing the Apple Knowledge Navigator, a 1987 concept video produced by Apple. I find most concept videos to be so fanciful that they really never come to fruition (Beyond 2000 anyone?). But there was something quite simple and honest about this video – and not to mention that many of the pieces, while not all together as one, exists in some form today.

I couldn’t help thinking of Google Reader and Skype whilst watching this. The AI (Artificial Intelligence) is still a while away, but the insight Apple has shown here is astounding.

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David V Says

Good clip, I hadn’t seen it before.

Apple again ahead of the curve. Interesting the story focussed on climate change essentially – even thought it is more than 20 years old. The iSight like camera and USB style key also interesting.

Nice find.

April 23rd, 2009 at 8:30 pm

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