Recently launched science fiction blog io9 features USA Today in its roundup of futuristic newspapers featured in sci-fi flicks. That's the paper (above), in Minority Report, the 2002 thriller starring Tom Cruise. "It's a paper-thin video screen, thin enough to fold up and put under your arm,'' Washington Post media reporter Frank Ahrens said in a 2005 online chat about the future of newspapers. "Instead of static photos and text, it's constantly changing text, video and perhaps sound. Think of it as a combination paper, television and Internet, presumably wirelessly connected to a futuristic Wi-Fi, perhaps the next generation of the new Wi-Max super hotspots that are rolling out and cover several square miles instead of several square feet."
Monday, January 21, 2008
In futuristic papers, USA Today's starring role
Recently launched science fiction blog io9 features USA Today in its roundup of futuristic newspapers featured in sci-fi flicks. That's the paper (above), in Minority Report, the 2002 thriller starring Tom Cruise. "It's a paper-thin video screen, thin enough to fold up and put under your arm,'' Washington Post media reporter Frank Ahrens said in a 2005 online chat about the future of newspapers. "Instead of static photos and text, it's constantly changing text, video and perhaps sound. Think of it as a combination paper, television and Internet, presumably wirelessly connected to a futuristic Wi-Fi, perhaps the next generation of the new Wi-Max super hotspots that are rolling out and cover several square miles instead of several square feet."
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