Vannevar
Bush |
In 1945, President Roosevelt's key scientific advisor, Vannevar Bush (on the left), wrote an article for the Atlantic Monthly titled, "As We May Think." In the article, Bush envisioned a massive system of information called the Memex, all interconnected, and all accessible by a user-chosen path. The idea for a hyperinformation system was born! The problem? Computing technology was just beginning, and Bush didn't really envision how his system would be implemented, beyond some electro-mechanical contraption using microfilm. Then, in 1989, with computers becoming an everyday device and the Internet becoming an important communication highway, Tim Berners-Lee (on the right) created the World Wide Web by developing the HTTP protocol and the HTML markup language. The adoption of the web into every day lives was quicker than any other major technology in the twentieth century, including automobiles, radio, television, and computers themselves. |
Tim
Berners-Lee |