The mouse turns 40: An interview with Paul Saffo on technology’s past and future
About 40 years ago, in 1968, Doug Engelbart gave the first public demo of the computer mouse as part of an exhibition of his system for augmenting human intelligence. Paul Saffo, a futurist and visiting scholar at Stanford University, will lead a discussion recalling that seminal event. On Dec. 9, a number of luminaries will gather at Stanford to celebrate the anniversary of the demo, which is now available as a video for everyone to… Continue Reading