Born in 1925, in Orgean, Douglas grew up to pursue electrical engineering at the local state university. But on account of World War II, he had to resume his studies only after two years, during which, he served the Navy as a radar technician. Throughout his career, his emphasis was on enhancing the human capacity to approach a complex problem and finding a feasible solution to it. In this constant quest, he developed the basic fundamentals of a computer mouse that would facilitate easy computer interaction. Though the mouse was developed in the early sixties, it was used commercially only in 1980’s with the Apple computers, when it was perfected by Alan Kay at Xerox Parc.
The fact remains that without the contribution of Douglas Engelbart towards the development of the computers, the PC would have perhaps still been operated by a trained scientist rather than become a user friendly tool operated, which now can be operated by even a child.
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The fact remains that without the contribution of Douglas Engelbart towards the development of the computers, the PC would have perhaps still been operated by a trained scientist rather than become a user friendly tool operated, which now can be operated by even a child.
For complete IIPM article click here
Source:- IIPM Editorial
Visit also:- IIPM Publication, Business & Economy & Arindam Chaudhuri Initiative
