The "Future" of Home Computers

This is an actual picture from Popular Mechanics magazine in 1954. Scientists from RAND Corporation built this model to show what a home computer might look like in the year 2004. I would have had to build on an additional room to house that puppy!



I thought it interesting that the caption says "that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work..."

**UPDATED ON 11/23 - ACK! I was duped! Thanks to The Infamous Mike (who didn't leave his web addy in his comment) but left a link to Snopes, that shows the above "magazine picture" is a hoax! I normally catch this kind of stuff!

He also left a link to an interesting site at Worth 1000 where there are many examples of "edited" art and photos!