2001:A Space Odyssey and the iPad (or is it tamPod?)
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"I'm sorry, Dave, that's prior art..."
"Our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device..."
The first picture is of Apple’s new (unfortunately named) iPad, the second picture is from the film 2001:A Space Odyssey, showing a remarkably similar device being used by astronauts Dave Bowman and Frank Poole as they eat their delicious, extruded paste meals.
I wonder if Apple and/or Steven Jobs have thought about throwing Arthur C. Clarke and/or Stanley Kubrick some scratch for finally bringing their design to market? There is precedent for “new” inventions being denied patents based on prior description in science fiction works (e.g. waterbeds described by Robert Heinlein).
Even if not legally required, I think it would be a public relations coup for Apple to at least