Month: September 2026
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Moving on from GPS
Some final thoughts (for now) on GPS. In talking about how GPS evolved from a Future technology at our Send-a-fax-from-the-beach party to one underlying all sorts of things today, an interesting correlation came to light: Each of Alan’s cars has had a different GPS implementation. For completeness, Alan’s first car, a 1982 Dodge Aires (K-car)…
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More on GPS
Some technologies are always coming, but never seem to get here (fusion). Some technologies are always coming, never seem to get here, and then they’re here (A.I.). Some technologies are here and evolve and improve slowly over time (TV). GPS seems to have just appeared. Of course it didn’t, and actually has a long history.…
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Send-a-Fax-from-the-Beach Party, part 4
Similar to borrowing a book from thousands of miles away, crossing the country without asking for directions would also require of number of technologies to come together. Showing the key ones off would take us, and our party, from the beach to behind the wheel of our 1990 Plymouth Laser. The Internet was the fundamental…
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Send-a-Fax-from-the-Beach Party, part 3
People may have been a bit underwhelmed by our demo of “sending a fax from the beach,” but other You Will Future technologies at our party were hopefully more interesting. “Borrowing a book from thousands of miles away” and “Crossing the country without stopping for directions” were much more demonstrable in 1993, as well as…
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