Mouse Site - 1968 Demo
|
|
| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Computer Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science Information Systems Information Technology Mechanical Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Teaching - Demonstration |
| Media Type: | Video |
| Author(s): | Stanford University, MouseSite |
| Description: | "On December 9, 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA, presented a 90-minute live public demonstration of the online system, NLS, they had been working on since 1962. The public presentation was a session in the of the Fall Joint Computer Conference held at the Convention Center in San Francisco, and it was attended by about 1,000 computer professionals. This was the public debut of the computer mouse. But the mouse was only one of many innovations demonstrated that day, including hypertext, object addressing and dynamic file linking, as well as shared-screen collaboration involving two persons at different sites communicating over a network with audio and video interface. The original 90-minute video of this event is part of the Engelbart Collection in Special Collections of Stanford University. This original video has been edited into 35 segments and reformatted as RealVideo streaming video clips. A brief abstract of the subject matter treated in each segment is provided below." |
| Rating: |
  |
| Related Resources | |
| Keywords: | computer mouse, Engelbart |
| Referenced By |
MouseSite PC premiered 40 years ago to awed crowd |
| Usage Tip | |
| Use of Resource: | Demonstration of prototyping, history of technology |
| Difficulty: | Very Easy |
| Interactivity Level: | Very Low |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | October 2007 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/1968Demo.html |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
|
