<![CDATA[A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968.]]>A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968.

It has a lightpen (vs uninvented mouse) and a camera.

Sadly it didn't make it into the final cut of the movie!

Credit: Stanley Kubrick Archives. More here:
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/the-making-of-2001-a-space-odyssey-stanley-kubrick

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still a bit larger than Maxwell Smart's shoephone

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I love this.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/jivens/statuses/116307234856712714https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/jivens/statuses/116307234856712714Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:19:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:14:49 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay @davep 😎 I may take some of those for future use.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/ColesStreetPothole/statuses/116307216917032930https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/ColesStreetPothole/statuses/116307216917032930Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:14:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:13:08 GMT]]>@davep
@ColesStreetPothole
This has definitely been around online since 2014 so it's pretty fair game I'd say? But I'll update my OP.

eg in 2015 https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/the-making-of-2001-a-space-odyssey-stanley-kubrick

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Natasha_Jay/statuses/116307210326107068https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Natasha_Jay/statuses/116307210326107068Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:13:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:09:37 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay They imagined a flat screen but it still has the CRT curve, just nothing behind it..

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.hoyle.me.uk/users/tony/statuses/116307196478733243https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.hoyle.me.uk/users/tony/statuses/116307196478733243Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:09:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:56:10 GMT]]>@ColesStreetPothole @Natasha_Jay
So long as it's not straight up stealing like dgar does, I think it's ok.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/davep/statuses/116307143620455866https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/davep/statuses/116307143620455866Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:56:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:48:04 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay
2001 remains one of my all-time favorite movies. 😎

Oh, and I totally just stole this image for another usage but gave you credit so is it really stealing? πŸ€”

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I posted that before! Thanks for reminding me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Natasha_Jay/statuses/116306360308439279https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Natasha_Jay/statuses/116306360308439279Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:36:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:53:56 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

First working mouse. 1968. Probably too ugly to add to the design.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/engineer27/statuses/116302310295724055https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/engineer27/statuses/116302310295724055Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:27:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:02:42 GMT]]>@crowbriarhexe real talk

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/coreysnipes/statuses/116300563242782141https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/coreysnipes/statuses/116300563242782141Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:02:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:41:00 GMT]]>@miriamrobern @Natasha_Jay She should be flying the shuttle but she’s too busy doomscrolling

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/crowbriarhexe/statuses/116299062352894195https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/crowbriarhexe/statuses/116299062352894195Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:41:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:34:52 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay the lightpen: an elegant peripheral for a more civilized age.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/miriamrobern/statuses/116298566353604452https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/miriamrobern/statuses/116298566353604452Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:34:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:31:39 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay
This, in a way, demonstrates that the future is unimaginably unreal...

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