When I google searched “memex” it came up with a bunch of
articles that seemed to either be wiki websites or something nonrelated. But
one that caught my eye was a video of a memex animation. This video showed how
this machine would be used to access certain information. Just like in Bush’s
article, this animation goes through a trail of researching bows and adding his
own information to it. I thought it was really interesting to watch because it
gave you a visual that you were not able to fully detect in the article. It was
also interesting that the films that all of the information was on were just
sitting inside the drawers on the desk. This was something when reading the
article that I did not imagine in my head. He physically pulls out a roll of
the film to send to his friend. Above all though, it is neat that Bush was able
to predict this idea of computers and having a mass amount of data storage at
our disposal. Even though it is off from what a computer looks like today, it is
interesting to see all the concepts he had are similar to what computers do
today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c539cK58ees
I really liked the video and thought it was very interesting about how it shows Bush;s idea of computers and what computers do today
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