It is already here

After reading the posts about the dreams of people from the distant 20th century, I found the beautiful.
Quote: “... Video lines will appear on the lines, allowing you to see the interlocutor while talking. And such devices already exist ... "
© L. V. Kokosov, “The Future Begins Today,” Children's Encyclopedia, Volume 5, signed for press in 1960.




“Electronic counting machines, hearing aids, and television are very cumbersome. See how little space is occupied by the same devices assembled on semiconductors: the counting machine is no more than a desk, the hearing aid is hidden in ordinary glasses, the TV can be hung on the wall, like a picture. And a semiconductor radio transmitter with a magnitude ... from a pill helps physicians investigate the human alimentary tract. "
© K.A. Gladkov, “Semiconductors in technology”, Children's encyclopedia, Volume 5, signed in print in 1960.
PS These are just quotes, and I have nothing to do with a calculating machine the size of a desk :)
PPS I don’t know the artist who painted these beautiful illustrations, so I’ll put the name of the main artist: A.I. Gangalyuk.
Absolutely PS Wonderful ten-volume. It was he who in childhood made me explore the world not only with a screwdriver and a hammer :)