- *Online research can be easy, but beware of hoaxes* (!)
- "A hoax revealed: The e-mailed photograph, at left, was touted to be a 1954 projection of what a home computer would look like in 2004. The doctored image was actually altered from a photo, at right, of a 2000 Smithsonian Institution exhibit "Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War." The Smithsonian photo depicted a full-scale mock-up of a typical nuclear-powered submarine's control room."
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20041206/1019371.asp
When they walk in, sometimes with a parent (parents don't get to stay
though), they see a projected picture of a personal computer of 2004 -- as
envisioned by some guy at the RAND corporation in 1954.
Here's the picture (from Popular Mechanics):
http://www.4dsolutions.net/satacad/background/pc2004.jpg
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Dr Phillip Kent, London, UK
mathematics education technology research
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 07950 952034
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