MENLO PARK, Calif.,
Dec. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SRI
International today celebrates the 50th anniversary of the "Mother
of All Demos" -- the world debut of personal and interactive
computing. On December 9, 1968, at
the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San
Francisco, SRI engineer Doug
Engelbart was met with a standing ovation when he gave the
first public demonstration of the computer mouse and many key
fundamentals of modern computing that ushered in the Information
Age.
Engelbart and his SRI team debuted numerous—and now
ubiquitous—technology innovations, including hypertext linking,
multiple windows with flexible view control, real-time on-screen
text editing, shared-screen teleconferencing, and the computer
mouse. Engelbart envisioned harnessing the power of computers as
tools for collaboration and the augmentation of our collective
intelligence to work on humanity's most important problems.
The demonstration was the first to show how a computer could be
used as a tool to capture and share knowledge on a vast scale, a
new and revolutionary idea at the time. The computer mouse was an
important part of a much larger system to facilitate organizational
learning and collaboration. It was the first public demonstration
of a real-time collaborative environment between two computer
users.
Looking Forward to the Next 50 Years
"The best way to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of such a groundbreaking event is to
draw inspiration and focus on delivering solutions that will
improve the world," said Bill
Jeffrey, Ph.D., CEO of SRI International. "In many
ways, Doug Engelbart was ahead of
his time, and parts of his vision have yet to be realized. The
problems we're addressing today are certainly different from the
ones faced by Engelbart and team, but we must approach them with
the same concerted effort that includes creativity, curiosity, and
collaborative spirit."
Today, projects across SRI build on the "Mother of All Demos"
themes of augmenting human capabilities. Researchers are focused on
developing technology that can improve human sensing, learning, and
collaboration. Projects include:
- An artificial intelligence system that continuously learns and
applies that learning to become better and more reliable.
[Lifelong Learning Machines (L2M)]
- A speech-processing system that solves noise robustness, speed
and edge processing in a multitude of languages. [Open Language
Interface for Voice Exploitation (OLIVE)]
- Human-machine interaction software to help people make snap
decisions in time-critical situations when faced with an
overwhelming amount of information. [bRight]
- Visual storytelling platform for conversational AI that
enables 3D spatial and temporal reasoning to support research in
language, vision, and planning. [Aesop]
About SRI International
SRI International creates
world-changing solutions making people safer, healthier, and more
productive. SRI, a research center headquartered in Menlo Park, California, works primarily in
advanced technology and systems, biosciences, computing, and
education. SRI brings its innovations to the marketplace through
technology licensing, spin-off ventures and new product
solutions.
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