Engelbart, Douglas

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SPECIAL NOTE: 40th Anniversary Events Honoring Douglas Engelbart On December 9, 1968, Douglas Engelbart demonstrated several key components of the modern computer, including the mouse and hypertext linking. Two events, on December 8 and December 9, 2008, mark the fortieth anniversary of this
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2. Douglas Engelbart and 'The Mother of All Demos'

His presentation at 1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference, was a live online hypermedia demonstration of pioneering work his group did at SRI. Later called "The Mother of All Demos" by Andy van Dam, this historic show paved the way for modern human-computer interaction.

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Douglas Engelbart and 'The Mother of All Demos' Doug Engelbart's presentation at the 1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference, was a live online hypermedia demonstration of the pioneering work that Engelbart's group had been doing at SRI. Later called "The Mother of All Demos" by Andy van Dam, this
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3. 1995 New Paradigms for Using Computers: Douglas Engelbart

A talk Engelbart gave at IBM Almaden Research Center; audio excerpt, on-site (IBM) links.

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Augment and the Bootstrap Institute Bootstrap Project at Stanford NLS/Augment is arguably the genesis of hypertext, linked media online webs. This project continues to be at the core of the Bootstrap Institute. This talk will concentrate on how our technology, which Engelbart founded, leverages
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4. Tools For Thought: The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Thinker

By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on SRI, Engelbart, oN Line System (NLS, Augment), augmentation. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.

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Tools for Thought by Howard Rheingold April, 2000: a revised edition of Tools for Thought is , including a revised chapter with 1999 interviews of Doug Engelbart, Bob Taylor, Alan Kay, Brenda Laurel, and Avron Barr. The idea that people could use computers to amplify thought and communication, as
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5. Brilliant Careers: Of Mice, Men and Machines

Doug Engelbart invented the mouse, chording keyboards, outlining, a type of hypertext, windows (tiled), and groupware. He still dreams of upgrading the human operating system. [Salon]

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C O L L E C T O R S ' Send an electronic postcard with interesting facts about our Brilliant Careers subjects we launched Brilliant Careers ______ Doug Engelbart INVENTED THE MOUSE -- AND MUCH MORE. HE STILL DREAMS OF UPGRADING THE HUMAN OPERATING SYSTEM. | "W hat's that?" I ask, pointing
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6. The Man Behind the Mouse

Brief story on Engelbart getting 1997 Lemelson-MIT prize. [BusinessWeek]

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Of all the pioneers of personal computers and the Web, Douglas Engelbart may be the poorest and least-known. But the man who invented the mouse is finally winning recognition as the 1997 winner of the Lemelson-MIT prize--a $500,000 jackpot awarded annually to an American inventor. Engelbart, 72,
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7. The Lemelson-MIT Prize Program: Douglas C. Engelbart

Inventor of the Week Archives: The computer mouse. The national Lemelson-MIT Awards gives the world's largest single prize for invention and innovation, the annual $500,000 dollar Lemelson-MIT Prize.

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Inventor of the Week Archive Years before personal computers and desktop information processing became commonplace or even practicable, Douglas Carl Engelbart had invented a number of interactive, user-friendly information access systems that we take for granted today: the computer mouse,
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8. National Inventors Hall of Fame: Douglas Engelbart

Inducted 1998, for inventing the mouse: 'X-Y Position Indicator For A Display System', Patent No. 3,541,541. Very brief biography and picture.

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X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System Computer Mouse Patent Number(s) 3,541,541 Douglas Engelbart's patent for the mouse is only a representation of his pioneering working designing modern interactive computer environments. Engelbart was how the computer could be used as a useful tool in
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9. The Almanac: Douglas Engelbart

Computer visionary seeks to boost people's collective ability to confront complex problems coming at a faster pace. Medium-long story.

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Publication Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 Douglas Engelbart: Computer visionary seeks to boost people's collective ability to confront complex problems coming at a faster pace D ouglas Engelbart is used to swimming upstream; he's been doing it for 50 years. Even as the Atherton scientist
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10. Learnativity: An Introduction to Doug Engelbart's Revolution

Background, insight, and resources for learning how Doug Engelbart's vision has a profound influence on learning and productivity today.

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