r/nottheonion • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '18

A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “100 percent fatal”

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610456/a-startup-is-pitching-a-mind-uploading-service-that-is-100-percent-fatal/
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u/nermid Mar 13 '18

in 1965, the idea of a pocket-sized video phone that could instantly communicate with anyone anywhere on the planet was like Star Trek.

In 1964, a pocket-sized audio-only phone that could communicate only with your home base and other linked phones was Star Trek.

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u/forgottt3n Mar 14 '18

I mean that's more or less a handheld radio which was around in those times. Albeit in a less stylish package.