My signature fluctuates wildly. It's never the same. On another note, I feel very nostalgic for my old Etch-a-sketch.

@Jack_Warner

Ай бұрын

Agree. My signature fluctuates between the pressure of a hammer, to that of a feather. No machine could catch me out.

@michellefalleur960

Ай бұрын

Totally agree on both of those things, -- Loved Etch-a-sketch !

Michael Rodd, another of the BBC's excellent presenters, along with John Stapleton.

Amazing for 1972. How that pad worked is also like how the pressure sensitive electronic drum kit worked that they showed in the 80s, which BBC Archive have uploaded.

Michael Rodd, loved listening to him on Tomorrow’s World. 👏👏

I like these little Timecapsules. Shows show far we've gone... And sometimes how far we've gone back.

Nice of the police to use their sirens to let the "forger" know they're coming!

@David.L291

Ай бұрын

that was soooooo funny!!!

@simong9067

Ай бұрын

The cat has left the basket. The cat has left the basket.

Ah yes, Michael Rodd. He's still with us too, at the grand-old age of 80. 😊 A time when it was all about the subject being presented, rather than today's talentless reality TV seeking "Look at me, I'm famous" plebs! Give me Michael Rodd, William Woollard, James Burke and Raymond Baxter any day.

Amazing what this technology will be able to do...

Nice prediction indeed, remember this was 1972!

20 years later i was one of those working on one of the world's first smartphones, the EO, which used handwriting recognition on the touchscreen for input. Tbh, the handwriting recognition never worked that well for me...

Isn't it funny that in 2024 we have DNA, Fingerprint, face recognition, yet we have to rely on good old fashioned scribble on a piece of paper when it comes to signing something.

Michael Rodd always reminds me of Screen Test 😀

RODD!!!!

i read the title as 'CAN A BURGER FOOL THIS MACHINE?'

@Mick_Ts_Chick

Ай бұрын

We know what your mind was on- dinner!

@jonathonmorin6820

Ай бұрын

But disappointed eh lol

Good evening.

4:45 That's a great ideal, Mike. They could add a built-in screen too and the option of using your fingers to write or control it. i-Pad would be a good name. It could be a huge success, what do you reckon?!

@dancarter482

Ай бұрын

You've been watching too much Blake's 7. Computers are NEVER going to catch on. Far better off investing everything you have in British Leyland!

@TecraX2

Ай бұрын

@@dancarter482 Personally, I've invested all my money in Kodak, Digital photography will never catch on...

@dancarter482

Ай бұрын

@@TecraX2 Wise move! I might follow suit with the cheeky half mil' I'd set aside for _Sinclair C5's_ and _Amstrad._

I have, it's called a Tablet lol. It does look like a primitive version, about the same size, writing on it with a pen (or stylus now), it does math on a built in calculator app, and can lock me out if I put in the wrong code (or wrong signature in that case).

@David.L291

Ай бұрын

I bet it does maths too 🙄

I like forgers!

Amazing for the time but can you imagine taking an Iphone back to that year, I mean it would be a brick with no internet or cell connection but would still look like it was from an advanced civilisation.

@andylaugel4241

Ай бұрын

And it is still a clock, calendar, address book, compass, level, audio/video recorder with playback, calculator, text editor, plus whatever internet independent apps you've got (ereader, games,etc). All in a tiny package with an impressively flat screen.

It'll never catch on.

OK GO

4:45 nah, way too unlikely.

They invented the graphics tablet but used it for arithmetic. Wow!

@wisteela

Ай бұрын

I think the graphics tablet already existed, but no pressure sensing.

A successful demo. This isn't Tomorrow's World. 😂😂😂

@analogueman123456787

Ай бұрын

This was pre-filmed, that's why. Live in the studio though was a completely different matter altogether! 😄

@TestGearJunkie.

Ай бұрын

@@analogueman123456787 Pre = before. So this was before it was filmed, clever lot, these presenters

More than 50 years later and computers still suck at handwriting recognition.

@wisteela

Ай бұрын

Depends on your handwriting.

Signature never match properly.

Alan Partridge

Boooooring

@analogueman123456787

Ай бұрын

Yes you are, aren't you...