Orion and the invention of the iPad

Wipe your finger across the galaxy

Currently the ARD channel, "a festival" the consequences of the cult series will be "Spaceship Orion" repeatedly. We all know that this German ship from the 60 years he was ahead of his time. So it was controlled, for example, with an iron, pencil sharpener and bathroom fixtures yielded various levers, the insignia were on the uniforms of pieces of punched cards for the eddies were Alka-Seltzer tablets taped to a wooden board and the female crew members wore Mini-skirts [1]. Yes, the post-war Germany has to help themselves knew and was quite inventive.
But hardly anyone has previously noted: The makers of Orion have also developed a prototype of the iPad! Clearly seen in Episode 2 "Planet Off Course". The Commander McLane is characterized by a finger rub the course of a supernova. Yes, the flat screen and apps work even without batteries! If you wanted to increase it, so only needed a piece of electrical tape, through which one could dock a second monitor. The thing was indestructible, and from the shopping list to the calculation of interstellar clouds could be done practically everything [2].
It took about 40 years before the Americans took up the idea and is currently marketed under the name "iPad". But the reader will continue if the question is asked "Who invented it?" Lift a finger and say confidently: "We. Who else? "

[1] In the plastic zone driving helmets were cut up holes, because otherwise by the breath fogged up, the arm of a robot consisted of an ice cream scoop, etc. This may sound today, pretty funny but in reality a series of new film animation techniques were invented that demand a respect . Details in the Wikipedia article .
[2] In the 60 years he has acted this is a popular children's toy, which was usually sold under the name "magic drawing board". There is even a small movies to do so. Still available at Manufactum or here .