Tomorrow's World - Office of the Future 16 April 1969 - BBC

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James Burke experiences the automated office of the future. In this compilation of reports from a longer programme, James Burke (pictured above) becomes an executive in a futuristic office where the role of a secretary has been usurped by an automated robot. Derek Cooper also reports on a new process for manufacturing micro-electronic crystal lights and visits a South Dakota laboratory deep underground where scientists are collecting information about the sun.
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[@MilitantAntiTheist]

And just like the real offices of the future, they're all using outdated electronic equipment.

[@Luke_P]

"I needn't ever get out of this chair' And that's how it all started.

[@YujiUedaFan]

Man: And quietly

[@Krawurxus]

I've been sitting sitting here open-mouthed, watching people from 50 years ago wire the pixels on the first 7x5 digital LED displays by hand. This was as fascinating as I imagine watching the first humans make fire would be.

[@Muonium1]

For the physics interested individual in the 21st century

[@sologals361]

Thank the lord that was not the office of the future.

[@ruadeil_zabelin]

This is amazing. He wasn't wrong at all... LCD's and similar panels are so common these days it's hard to imagine a world without them.

[@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou]

That was quite a bizarre and surreal first five minutes

[@mundotaku_org]

So, they imagine Skype as a whole piece of furniture.

[@Nexfero]

Gallium Arsenide is what LEDs are made out of they are literally making LEDs

[@minicoopertn]

When I started watching I could not tell if I was watching Tomorrows World or an episode of The Twilight Zone.

[@kr0nic666]

It took until 30 seconds before the end before i knew what the fuck they were making

[@roggerfrogger2]

I can't believe that's the origin of LCD displays! Amazing!
Back when Britain used to invent stuff and everyone had a combover

[@weeneldo]

Its quite amazing to think that in 1967, they had only made 4 of those displays, but by 1974 they had the technology to rebuild a man's body with bionic implants for only 6 million dollars, including giving him an eye that could zoom in and legs that could run at 60mph. Amazing.

[@irixperson]

World's first ASMR video.

[@fredhoupt4078]

really ancient technological history. Fascinating at how far we've come in such a short time. And the future? We can't even imagine.

[@oxcart4172]

Amazing how things are better than those people could have ever imagined

[@Envergure]

AWESOME! I never imagined they could make semiconductor wafers by hand! 70 years before this show aired, the LED was discovered by accident, and nobody really cared because apparently they couldn't think of any use for a small yellow light.

[@StellaSteve80]

those 60's office babes are much hotter then the modern ones.

[@ManInTheBigHat]

James Burke is a genius. Love it.