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| Retinal Vid-Screen | ||
| A tiny display surgically implanted directly in the retina of the eye. |
Morris is pursued without mercy by robotic salesmen, one of whom wants to make sure he doesn't miss anything newsworthy.
| "All the news while it's news," a metallic voice dinned at him. "Have a retinal vid-screen installed in your least-used eye. Keep in touch with the world; don't wait for out-of-date hourly summaries."
"Get out of the way," Morris muttered. The robot stepped aside for him and he crossed the street with a pack of hunched-over men and women. |
| From Sales Pitch,
by Philip K. Dick. Published by Future Science Fiction Magazine in 1954 Additional resources -
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Compare this idea with the notion of retinal projection, from The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth (1952).
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