Back to the future: what imagined smartwatch 35 years ago

After the release of the Apple Watch enthusiasts do not cease to dig in deposits internet various facts associated with smart watches. And I was surprised to discover that our ancestors were no less brave and adventurous in what came to hi-tech.

Here, for example, "Photo" wrist computer in the future Byte magazine in 1981. Fantasy artist Robert Tinney now look funny. Take, for example, a floppy disk of the sample 5.25 inches as flash cards. And here is how you can enter information into a computer, it is difficult to understand. Is that matches.

In 1977, Hewlett-Paskard introduced its version of wearable - HP-01. Among the number of developers and Steve Wozniak. The clock was built in alarm clock, timer, and the device was positioned as a clock calculator. This model was sold from 1977 to 1980.. Version in steel cost $ 650, and a gold-plated version - $ 750. Nothing like?

Enter information into HP-01 could handle or any other thin object.

The set went to a watch that's a "joystick" to press the buttons. Also it plated.

To the left already familiar HP-01, and the right - the brutal Hughes Aircraft Calculator Watch. This watch is in mass production did not go, but one option was used in the TV series "Battlestar" Galactica "."

And here is the first smartwatch with touch-sensitive buttons on the company Uranus. Now these watches are the subject of hunting collectors, as they have very little.

In 1977, Sinclair has proposed its own version of smart watches.

Then came the 1980s and brought us a variety of models and brands. Until Apple Watch was some 35 years ...