Where is my holographic newspaper via the new iPad IV and the proverbial media paywall?

The other day, I was listening to Jim Cramer on TV talking about Sirius Satellite Radio and its actions. Cramer was doing an interview with the CEO talking about how well they were doing thanks to new car sales, and how they were also attacking the used car market as more and more people keep their cars for longer. The concept of satellite radio is incredible and it’s hard to believe that 15 years ago it was considered something new. Okay, let’s talk about media innovation for the future.

Right now it seems that the newspaper industry is challenged by all the online and internet news syndication. Right now, more and more tablets are being sold, tens of millions a month, and people get their news in a different way. So newspapers have put up “paywalls,” meaning you pay if you want to read your paper on your iPad or tablet, a personal technology device. Still, I can’t imagine this being the “be all, end all” for newspapers. In fact, it seems to me that this is just an incremental step in what is to come. Although no one can predict the future, let me introduce you to a crazy idea.

What if people could download their newspaper via satellite? I know, you think I’m crazy trying to convince you that 3-D printing is going flat again, however, that’s not what I have in mind. Rather, why can’t I unload my holographic newspaper in my living room every morning? If I don’t want to read certain sections, I just wave my hand and it disappears. Now you might think this all sounds like Star Wars, and yes, there was a holographic video cell phone as a device in the movie, but this would take it one step further.

The funny thing is that all this technology already exists. Yes, if you wanted the first one it would be very expensive, but an American technology company has already created a holographic cell phone that is the size of a brick with a projector and everything. It may not be great for a cell phone or portable mobile holographic communication technology, but it’s certainly not great if you want to place one next to your kitchen table every morning when you read the paper, or next to your easy chair. favorite recliner. in your living room at night.

Best of all, it would be so easy to download all of this from a satellite or Wi-Fi system directly through the walls of your home (maybe even through the paywall) for your reading pleasure. As with the tablet or the use of an iPad, it would also save trees. The ones and zeroes would be temporary, and when you’re done reading the newspaper, you could save the articles you liked for later viewing by sending them back to the cloud, and the rest you could wave around in the air. In fact, I hope you will please consider all of this and think about it.