American writer David Gerrold described multifunctional gadgets in 1999

One can say with confidence that the American writer and screenwriter David Gerrold's prediction about the development of technology has come true. As early as 1999, Gerrold wrote a column on the ubiquity, within a few years, of gadgets combining the functions of a telephone, a pocket organiser, a beeper (pager), a calculator, and a music player with a full-colour, high-resolution screen, a microphone, wireless networking, television and radio reception, video recording and enough working memory to serve as a computer, with the ability to send emails and translate into other languages. A device that could book you a restaurant, turn speech into text and carry out voice commands

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

American writer David Gerrold described multifunctional gadgets in 1999

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

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