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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jemima Kiss

@AOP: A word from the future

Futurologists are always good for a laugh, which is probably why this guy was scheduled for lunch.

Ian Neild gave us so much information it was almost indigestible: 3D printers, flexible displays, digital nail painters (really), video tatoos, intelligent image-resizing, photo-zooming aggregation, projection graffiti and projectors built-in to mobile phones. Crikey.

In Japan, you can buy a bottle of water with a tiny magazine on the side. I think the idea of being an adjunct to a refreshment is more than the pride of magazine publishers could stand; is this what they mean when they say consumers are snacking on media these days?

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