How the Internet was Born
A 4-part series commemorating the anniversary of the first transmission sent across the ARPANET: 1- A stuttered hello | 2- The network begins | 3- the ARPANET Comes to Life | 4- from ARPANET to Internet. Part 3 excerpt: "Stanford was selected because of Doug Engelbart’s Augmentation of Human Intellect project. Engelbart was already an eminent figure in computer science [his work was vital] to make the network more user–friendly."
Gadgets the Pentagon Made
Gadgets the Pentagon Made -- From the Microwave to the New iPhone Siri
“From the mouse and hypertext, to the internet and Siri, "Innovations that began with the U.S.' well-funded defense establishment almost always filter down into commercial, mundane usage. Sometimes in unexpected ways. Here are some of our favorite examples" Doug Engelbart contributed to #1 and #8 out of the 8.”
The Department of Mad Scientists
The Department of Mad Scientists
“How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs.” Doug Engelbart appears pp. 67-70, 86, 93, 197. See also Teaser | NPR: Author Interview | NY Times Review
CHM SRI BBN Celebrate 40th Anniv ARPANET Transmission
The Computer History Museum, SRI International, and BBN Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of First ARPANET Transmission, Precursor to Today's Internet
“Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the ARPANET - the first distributed computer network...”
See also Engelbart's role in launching the ARPANET
How the Web was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web
How the Web was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web
"By building a machine that worked more like the human mind than any existing tools, Vannevar Bush hoped to help people think. Bush died in 1974, too early for the WW, but not too early to have seen his idea of a personal computer capable of associative rather than hierarchical links realized. The man behind that realization was Doug Engelbart." Describes Doug Engelbart's early career, his human-centered Augmenting Human Intellect program, NLS, the Demo, influence on Alan Kay and Andy van Dam, ... pp. 93-100, 103, 104, 118, 123, 131, 171, 186, 193, 265, 307.
The Creators
The Creators
“Twenty-five years ago, they brought the Internet to life." Here celebrating the 25th anniversary of the installation of the first node on the Arpanet, the precursor to the Internet.
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