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HeadlinesSteve Skiena (and a group of fellow graduate students) invented the Apple Tablet 22 years ago at the University of Illinois at Urbaba. Steve's dream has now become a reality.
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Congratulations to Prof Steve Skiena!
Team's concept: a tablet computer. According to their paper, the team sought a computing device that would “fit comfortably into people’s lives while dramatically changing them.” To make this dream a reality, the team decided to improve on something that most people used everyday, a paper notebook. Read More ..