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Mother of All Demos (1968)


Douglas Engelbart's 1968 "Mother of All Demos" at SRI showcased interactive computing innovations, including the mouse debut, hypertext, real-time editing, and collaborative tools, envisioning augmented human intellect.

Douglas Engelbart's 1968 "Mother of All Demos" at SRI showcased interactive computing innovations, including the mouse debut, hypertext, real-time editing, and collaborative tools, envisioning augmented human intellect. True augmentation of human intellect lies in tools that extend cognitive capabilities seamlessly, turning individual work into collective, networked intelligence without overwhelming the user. In the flickering glow of a cathode ray tube on December 9, 1968, Douglas Engelbart and his team at Stanford Research Institute unveiled a vision that would redefine human-computer interaction.

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