Monday, October 20, 2008

Timeline pg 49-108

1950- Alan Turing invents the "Turing Test"
-tests if computers can fool someone into thinking it's human
-begins human/computer dialog
-moves computers from the realm of the mathematical into the realm of written language

1960-62- Joseph Licklider encourages universities to link computers, sets precedent for the development of the internet

1961- Allan Kaprow and his troupe perform interactive, interdisciplinary 'happenings' in New York.
-Beginning of performance art

1961- William Burroughs describes Brion Gysin's Cut-Up method of writing
-begun by Tristan Tsara
-broke down traditional limits of language and expression

1962- Douglas Englebart (inventor of mouses, windows, word processors) wrote a book "Augmenting Human Intellect" about ho computers will help people deal with the manifold problems of an increasingly complex world

1 comment:

calightning1 said...

You may want to reference Tzara date in the early 1920s