Celebrating Jake Feinler - Engelbart alumn - at the 2024 CHM Fellow Awards Congrats to Computer History Museum 2024 Fellow Awards recipients -- including Jake Feinler, who first launched the Network Information Centers back in Doug Engelbart's lab...
Help multiply our efforts this #GivingSeason Doug Engelbart’s seminal vision was to multiply the power of groups and initiatives to make the world a better place. He did this by pioneering enabling tools and strategies that would amplify their collective smarts and creativity, and thus maximize their benefit to mankind. And he changed the world. And yet we have only scratched the surface of humanity's true potential...And now your generous donation will help us multiply our efforts.
Farewell to Peter Yim Over 100 individuals can count themselves alumni of Doug Engelbart’s career, dating clear back to the late 1950s. Fast forward to 1999, the remarkable Peter Yim...
Newly remastered footage from The Demo original film reels This year we're celebrating Doug's legendary Demo with newly re-mastered footage from the original film reels, huge shout out to Stanford Library Special Collections ongoing efforts curating the Engelbart Collection there.
IT Day Japan 2021: Can IT save the worsening crisis of mankind? The Doug Engelbart Institute is proud to sponsor the virtual symposium IT Day Japan 2021: “Can IT save the worsening crisis of the mankind?” – Saturday, December 4, 2021 17:00-19:00 (Pacific Time). I will be there in spirit this year, a digital presence, expect more to come! The others will be live, I’m very much looking forward to their insights and discussion on this far reaching topic!
Celebrating the Mother of All Demos - 53 years on Help us celebrate Doug's legendary Demo with fun facts, archive footage and photos, and experience the demo interactively, with you in the driver's seat.
Doug Engelbart in Hometown Art Exhibit Doug Engelbart will be among those featured at a unique art exhibit in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, this December and January. The exhibit showcases Doug’s niece, Oregonian artist Dee Vadnais in the context of land, family, community. The 'Doug piece' will feature archive photos and descriptions of his pioneering work boosting the collective effectiveness of networked communities in pursuit of humanity's highest potential.
IT Day Japan - solving urgent global issues This year's topic for IT Day Japan 2020 is "What can IT do for the democratic crisis in COVID-19 pandemic?" - an issue of immediate, urgent, complex, global importance. The video is now up for those who missed the live event on Zoom.
A Tribute to Bill English “On behalf of Doug Engelbart and the Doug Engelbart Institute, we bid farewell to Bill English, one of the greats in Doug’s seminal research, who died on July 26 at the age of 91. To the wonderful outpouring we'll embellish here on his seminal contributions to Doug Engelbart's research, with archive footage, photos, and more.”
DEI Newsletter - 2019 Highlights Wishing you a Happy New Year! We're enclosing our 2019 Highlights, looking ahead to an exciting lineup of projects and inviting you to connect and share your thoughts about what you'd like to see more of from the Doug Engelbart Institute in the coming year.
SRI establishes Distinguished Engelbart Fellow Award In honor of the late Douglas C. Engelbart, the Distinguished Engelbart Fellow Award recognizes "visionaries who are disrupting the traditional way we interact with and view technology" from around the globe. We are thrilled to congratulate the first recipient Genevieve Bell, Distinguished Professor of Australia National University.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Demo Events were held on three continents celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doug Engelbart's landmark demo - exploring the past and future of a brilliant legacy and all it inspires!