Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Doug's 1968 Demo

Doug is celebrated on 40th anniversary of his 1968 demo [photo courtesy SRI]

December 9, 2008
Engelbart and the Dawn of Interactive Computing – a special commemorative public event hosted by SRI International at Stanford University to celebrate and reflect upon Doug Engelbart's vision for the future, then and now, and the visionary breakthroughs achieved in his SRI lab in the 1960s and '70s. This celebration marks the 40th anniversary his now famous 1968 demo where he and his team at SRI first introduced their seminal work to the world.

Experience the Event 2

See SRI's event homepage, photos, more photos, and press, watch the speeches and panel discussion, and visit our 1968 demo page to watch the original demo. Click here for the slide deck used in Christina's speech.

Sometime within the month preceding this event, Logitech – the world's largest producer of computer mice – sold their billionth mouse. See panel at right for more.

Panel discussion with (left to right) moderator Robert Sproull, original research team members from the demo Don Andrews, Bill English, Bill Paxton, and Jeff Rulifson, and long-time colleague Andy van Dam [photo courtesy SRI] Watch the panel discussion [ Part I | Part II ]

Press 3

Press Release and Story Kit at the SRI International event page

SRI International Event Commemorates 40th Anniversary of Seminal Demonstration...
International Business Times. December 3,2008.
"On that day in 1968 at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco, Engelbart and his team in SRI's Augmentation Research Center (ARC)debuted numerous – and now ubiquitous – technology innovations ..."

The mouse turns 40: an interview with Paul Saffo ...
Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat, December 5, 2008.

Muted Celebration for Computing
Maggie Shiels, BBC News, December 10, 2008.

A Commitment to Complete the Work of Augmenting Human Intelligence
Patty Seybold, Outside Innovation, December 11, 2008.

The Valley Visionaries
Maggie Shiels, BBC News blog, December 12, 2008.

Logitech Ships Billionth Mouse
MarketWatch, December 3, 2008.
"Logitech's product innovations support Engelbart's vision of human-computer tools for interactive and collaborative work." In celebration of its billionth mouse ...

Firm makes one billionth mouse
Maggie Shiels, BBC News, December 3, 2008.

For additional press, press release, press story kit, etc. see the SRI Press pages (see right sidebar for links).

See also 30th Anniversary Event