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Future Screens are Mostly Blue

99% Invisible

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The Human Factor in Technological Flaws

In 2001 Dr. Floyd is on a satellite and making a video call to his daughter back on Earth. If you were designing a system that was truly context aware, that's exactly the way you would build it. Less than five interfaces should not just interpret, but also report. In Logan's Run, people of this post-apocalyptic world used to find sex partners through Craigslist.

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