[Douglas Engelbart](http://wikipedia.org/en/Douglas_Engelbart) was an American engineer and inventor who is best known for his work in developing early computer technologies and human-computer interaction. He was born on January 30, 1925, in Portland, Oregon. Engelbart's most significant contribution to technology was the invention of the computer mouse. In the 1960s, while working at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI), he developed a prototype of the mouse as a way to control computers more intuitively. The initial design had a wooden casing and two perpendicular wheels that could detect motion. In addition to the mouse, Engelbart also pioneered several other important concepts in computing. He envisioned a computer system that would augment human intelligence and collaboration, which he referred to as "augmentation" or "bootstrapping." This included ideas such as graphical user interfaces, hypertext, collaborative editing, video conferencing, and early versions of email. On wikipedia, it was said that [[Douglas Carl Engelbart|Douglas Engelbart]] was influenced by [[Linguistic Relativity]]. Engelbart's vision of augmentation led him to develop the oN-Line System (NLS), which was one of the earliest hypertext systems. NLS allowed users to navigate through documents using hyperlinks and had features like live video teleconferencing and shared document editing. A detailed talk by [[Andries van Dam]] on Engelbart's work, titled: "[[@VisualAnalyticsResearchAndyVan2019|Reflections on a Half-Century of Hypertext]]" is available in the reference. In 1968, Engelbart demonstrated his inventions at what is now famously known as "[[The Mother of All Demos]]." During this event, he showcased the mouse, video conferencing, text editing with multiple windows, [[hypertext]] linking, [[version control]], and more. This demonstration greatly influenced future developments in computing technology. Despite his groundbreaking work and numerous patents related to computer technology, Engelbart did not become financially successful from his inventions. However, his contributions have had a profound impact on modern computing systems that we use today. Douglas Engelbart passed away on July 2, 2013. His work continues to be celebrated as foundational to the development of personal computers and human-computer interaction. There is a [[Doug Engelbart Institute]] dedicated to honor his work. # References ```dataview Table title as Title, authors as Authors where contains(subject, "Douglas Carl Engelbart") or contains(authors, "Douglas Carl Engelbart") ```