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Did Steve Jobs Test the iPad Using 'The Incredibles' Movie?

Posted January 28, 2011 at 2:24pm by iClarified · 18881 views
Nathan Shedroff & Chris Noessel presented findings from their forthcoming book 'Make It So - Learning from SciFi Interfaces' at MacWorld Expo.

CultofMac reports that Noessel, an interaction designer and Shedroff, program chair of the MBA in Design Strategy at the California College of the arts, believe that Steve Jobs may have used the 2004 Pixar movie "The Incredibles" to test whether audiences would accept the idea of a tablet computer.

Taking a look at the screen captures below the tablet does look a lot like an iPad with a big Home button.

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