Buttons and screens – An illustrative history of Human Computer Interaction in the media
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Button Phone Interface – The Lost Symbol S01E02
This image details an older mobile phone with a physical number pad receiving a call.
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Bounty Screen – Alita: Battle Angel 2019
In Alita: Battle Angel the law is rendered over to Bounty hunters who must hunt down and claim bounties. Bounties are publicised to the Bounty Hunters who may then take out these contracts. Here a Bounty is shown for a murderer and 30,000 credits is listed as the price that will be paid once they…
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Q-Boat GPS Navigation- The World is Not Enough 1999
As James Bond is chasing a suspect in the Q-Boat he plots his boat alongside the one he is chasing. Here you see a view identifying his boat in green with the one being chased in red.
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Personal Information Screen – South Park S12E12
A screen depicting one character from the series and their personal information. Later a red “Deceased” bar appears on the bottom of screen indicating that have passed away.
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Flat Keypad – Alita: Battle Angel 2019
In two points in Alita: Battle Angel characters are seen using flat keypads which are touch sensitive. Both of these have icons shown in an unclear language and react when pressed.
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Q-Boat Torpedo Panel – The World is Not Enough 1999
As James Bond is chasing a suspect in the Q-Boat he uses the weapons system to fire two Torpedoes at them. They are a two-stage system which requires preparing by pressing the first button on the left then firing them using the button on the right.
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Brain Monitoring Device – The Lost Symbol S01E03
A device showing the brain waves of a monitored patient. On the left hand side of the screen shows waveforms of various activity. On the right slightly blurred is an image of the brain and where the activity is.
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Bounty Submission Interface – Alita: Battle Angel 2019
In Alita: Battle Angel the law is rendered over to Bounty hunters who must hunt down and claim bounties. This interface is administered by a robotic head.
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Water and Power Controls – South Park S12E12
Here the characters hack into the Department of Water and Power and disable the power to the Smithsonian. There is a relatively basic display of an interconnected water and power network displaying the status of the whole system. Later they use a simplified display indicating whether the power is turned on/off using green and red.
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Video Call – Alita: Battle Angel 2019
A video call occurring between two characters. On the screen you can see the profile of one character and you assume they are using a similar device on the other end. Some physical buttons are shown to the left and right side of the lower half of the screen.
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