Mail-order shoppers, for example, could view the products of many companies on screen as still images – or as interactive video clips, in which pointing at a picture of a children’s toy would show the toy in action. They could choose a product and pay for it electronically, signaling the vendor to ship it immediately.
Predictor: Dertouzos, Michael
Prediction, in context:In a 1991 article for Technology Review, MIT researcher/administrator Michael Dertouzos writes: ”The network would offer conveniences to consumers … Mail-order shoppers, for example, could view the products of many companies on screen as still images – or as interactive video clips, in which pointing at a picture of a children’s toy would show the toy in action. They could choose a product and pay for it electronically, signaling the vendor to ship it immediately.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1991
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: Shopping
Name of publication: Technology Review
Title, headline, chapter name: Building the Information Marketplace
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/599/939/33335322w2/purl=rcl
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Dube, Kristin