NASA’S Echo 1, nicknamed a “Satelloon”, is seen here inflated in a Navy
hanger
The balloon satellite Echo One was launched by NASA from Cape Canaveral, FL.
on August 12, 1960. The project was the first passive communications satellite experiment. It functioned as a reflector, not a transceiver, so that after it was
placed in a low Earth orbit, a signal would be sent to it, reflected or bounced
off its surface, and then returned to Earth.
Popular Mechanics is a magazine of popular technology, featuring regular
sections on automotive, home, outdoors, and science topics. Originally
self-published by H.H. Windsor of the Popular Mechanics Company, it
became a subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation in 1958. There are nine
international editions.
Henry Haven Windsor
December – January 2014
First computer mouse
Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013)
Engelbart was the director of Stanford Research Institute’s Augmentation
Research Center in San Francisco. He is best known for his work on the
challenges of human/computer interaction, resulting in the invention of
the computer mouse in 1968.
Douglas Engelbart was born in Portland, Oregon and graduated from
Franklin High School in 1942. He then attended and graduated from
Oregon State College at Corvallis. Engelbart died late Tuesday in
San Francisco. The cause of his death wasn’t announced.
Close up of the computer operator’s console
Univac 1
"Univac I" was a computer designed for the U.S. Census Bureau and billed as the
world’s first commercial computer. The company existed until 1981.
Actress/comedian Carol Creighton Burnett is best known for her
long-running TV variety show, The Carol Burnett Show on CBS
(1967-1978).
