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Law Practice

Jul. 24, 2008

Childhood Television Fantasy Becomes a Face-to-Face Cost-Saving Reality

Flashback to the year 1968 when "The Jetsons" promised a future of flying cars and interactive televisions. It's 40 years later and while the flying cars have yet to make their commercial debut, "video teleconferencing" is finally ready for prime time.

TECHNOLOGY

By Paul Kiesel
This article apears on Page 3

      Flashback to the year 1968. In a suburban New Jersey home, an 8-year-old waits for his favorite television show, "The Jetsons." I'm sitting expectantly in front of the console, which stands four feet high, stretches six feet long, and weighs as much as a Volkswagen beetle. How many of us older than 40 can remember the jingle? "Meet George Jetson, His boy El...

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