The 1968 Demo That Changed Everything

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]This box killed the typewriter, 1968. [music] Douglas Engelbart walks onto a stage holding a strange wooden brick.

[00:00:08]The audience expects a lecture, but Douglas begins moving his hand across the table.

[00:00:13]Suddenly, [music] he clicks the button and the entire computer screen changes.

[00:00:18]Nobody has ever seen a human control a machine without typing complex code.

[00:00:22]He calls it a mouse because the cord looks like a tail.

[00:00:26]Critics call it a toy, but they are staring at the birth of the internet.

[00:00:31]Now look at the device