The front of the M.C. was a mediatron, which meant anything that had pictures moving around on it, or sound coming out, or both. As Harv poked it with his fingers and spoke to it, little moving pictures danced around.
"What are those?" Nell said.
"Mediaglyphics" Harv said coolly. "Someday you'll learn how to read."
I saw a woman with cerebral palsy riding one in a park in Cincinnati during a festival. She was able to keep up with her family on the hilly park walkways. They had rigged a bar so she could sit back against it, and not have to fully stand up.
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The front of the M.C. was a mediatron, which meant anything that had pictures moving around on it, or sound coming out, or both. As Harv poked it with his fingers and spoke to it, little moving pictures danced around.
"What are those?" Nell said.
"Mediaglyphics" Harv said coolly. "Someday you'll learn how to read."
Nell could already read some of them.
I saw a woman with cerebral palsy riding one in a park in Cincinnati during a festival. She was able to keep up with her family on the hilly park walkways. They had rigged a bar so she could sit back against it, and not have to fully stand up.