Engelbart and English: NLS and an augmentation research center

What changed

Interactive computing for structured collaborative intellectual work was specified and demonstrated as an integrated environment.

Scientific scope

1968 two-author paper and described center; live demo production, mouse hardware, and wider ARC software have additional contributors.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact two-author 1968 conference paper. The live demonstration, hardware, software modules and broader ARC project involved additional contributors who are not reassigned to the paper authors.

Contributors

• Douglas C. Engelbart · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• William K. English · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Engelbart and English, A Research Center for Augmenting Human Intellect
• Engelbart and English, A Research Center for Augmenting Human Intellect (archive)

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