The Decades That Invented the Future, Part 7: 1961-1970
“Of all the great computing moments of the 1960s, Engelbart's Demo tops our list. Engelbart ran a computer science lab at Stanford Research Institute, and on Dec. 9, 1968, at a convention hall in San Francisco, he and fellow researchers demonstrated what they called their oN-Line System, or NLS. The system foretold much of what we now take for granted with our personal computers, including the mouse and the graphical user interface and even desktop sharing and video conferencing.”
Fathers of Technology: 10 Men Who Invented and Innovated in Tech
“IT would not be the same without the contributions of these pioneering men.”