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Essay describing the conceptualization and development process of the Dynabook, often cited as crucial to development of contemporary laptop computers and tablet devices.
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What would happen in a world in which everyone had a Dynabook? If such a machine were designed in a way that any owner could mold and channel its power to his own needs, then a new kind of medium would have been created: a metamedium, whose content would be a wide range of already-existing and not-yet-invented media.