by Matt
19. November 2010 14:34
In the software world we like to “demo” new features whenever we write them. Sometimes we do live demonstrations, other times we record them and post the videos for end users to see.
Back in 1968 (before I was born just do you know) they not only had computers and software but they actually did demos. Here are some videos of one of the coolest demos of all time, Doug Engelbart’s “Mother of all Demos”.
At the link above you can see several videos, including one of the first computer mousewhich Engelbart invented. In the video he actually apologizes for calling it a mouse. He can’t remember why they started calling it that but to this day we still call it a mouse!
Towards the end of this video clip you can see the chorded keypad that he also invented. It never took off like the mouse, partly because you really need to understand binary numbers in order to use it effectively!
Also you can see a video of real-time collaboration (Google Wave wasn’t exactly a new concept.)
Pretty amazing stuff considering it was 1968!