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Douglas Engelbart Issues "Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework"

10/1962
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In October 1962 Douglas Engelbart of the Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, completed his report, Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework, for the Director of Information Sciences, Air Force Office of Scientific Research. This report led J. C. R. Licklider of DARPA to fund SRI's Augmentation Research Center.

 

Timeline Themes

Human-Computer Interaction
Computers & Society
Computers & the Human Brain / Neuromorphic Computing

Related Entries

J. C. R. Licklider:

Licklider Describes "Man-Computer Symbiosis"
Licklider & Clark Publish "Online Man-Computer Communication" Calling for Graphic Displays & an Improved Graphical Interface
Licklider at the Information Processing Techniques Office, Begins Funding Research that Leads to the ARPANET
Licklider Describes the "Intergalactic Computer Network"
A Meeting Between Licklider and Lawrence G. Roberts Leads to the Original Planning for What Would Eventually Become ARPANET
J.C.R. Licklider Issues "Libraries of the Future"
Thomas Marill & Lawrence G. Roberts Conduct the First "Actual Network Experiment"
Licklider & Taylor Describe Features of the Future ARPANET; Description of a Computerized Personal Assistant
The Earliest Video Game Competition Takes Place at Stanford University, for the Game "Spacewar."

Augmentation Research Center:

Douglas Engelbart Invents the Computer Mouse
Foundation of Engelbart's Augmentation Research Center
The First Four Nodes on the ARPANET Extend as Far As Utah