Considering how recent the development are, it is even more remarkable that as long ago as the 1960s, and Englishman, Leon Bagrit predict some of the uses of computers which we know today. Bagrit dismissed the idea that computers would 'think ' for themselves and would 'rule the world', which people liked to believe in those days. Bagrit foresaw a time when computers would be small enough to hold in the hand , when they would be capable of providing information about traffic jams and suggesting alternative routes, when they would be used in hospitals to help doctors to diagnose illnesses, when they would relieve  office workers and accountants of dull, repetitive clerical work. All these computer uses have become commonplace.