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What is the Memex?
To put it simply, it is basically just an idea by Dr. Vannevar Bush.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">He introduced the concept of what he called the memex in the 1930s, a microfilm-based "device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility."
After thinking about the potential of augmented memory for several years, Bush set out his thoughts at length in the essay "As We May Think" in the Atlantic Monthly which is described as having been written in 1936 ... Bush predicted that "Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified." A few months later (10 September 1945) Life magazine published a condensed version of "As We May Think," accompanied by several illustrations showing the possible appearance of a memex machine and its companion devices. This version of the essay was subsequently read by both Ted Nelson and Douglas Engelbart, and was a factor in their independent formulations of the various ideas that became hypertext.
... The memex is still an important accomplishment, because it directly inspired the development of hypertext technology.</div>The idea of the memex was the pioneering concept of the World Wide Web. And in the recent years, the introduction of Wikipedia has further facilitated our access to quality information. Would it still be possible for such a device to be created? A device which contains all the information in the world such that you don't need to go to school to learn anything...
Or what do you think the next greatest invention will be?
To put it simply, it is basically just an idea by Dr. Vannevar Bush.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">He introduced the concept of what he called the memex in the 1930s, a microfilm-based "device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility."
After thinking about the potential of augmented memory for several years, Bush set out his thoughts at length in the essay "As We May Think" in the Atlantic Monthly which is described as having been written in 1936 ... Bush predicted that "Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified." A few months later (10 September 1945) Life magazine published a condensed version of "As We May Think," accompanied by several illustrations showing the possible appearance of a memex machine and its companion devices. This version of the essay was subsequently read by both Ted Nelson and Douglas Engelbart, and was a factor in their independent formulations of the various ideas that became hypertext.
... The memex is still an important accomplishment, because it directly inspired the development of hypertext technology.</div>The idea of the memex was the pioneering concept of the World Wide Web. And in the recent years, the introduction of Wikipedia has further facilitated our access to quality information. Would it still be possible for such a device to be created? A device which contains all the information in the world such that you don't need to go to school to learn anything...
Or what do you think the next greatest invention will be?
