Input Origins
Monthly editorials exploring innovative, curious, and sometimes weird ways people interact with machines—past, present, and future.
Input Origins: Talking to Machines - The Origins of Voice Control (#7)
From Edison’s Phonograph to Siri in Your Pocket IBM Shoebox (1961): The first voice-activated calculator, capable of recognizing 16 words...
Input Origins: BCI - Before Neuralink, there Was Cyberlink (#6)
Welcome back to Input Origins, where we rewind through the wild evolution of how humans talk to machines. Series Editor: Ariel...
Input Origins: Computer Vision (#5)
Welcome back to Input Origins, where we journey through the history of human-computer interaction, tracing the steps that brought...
Input Origins: We’re Strapping on a Glove - But Not for Fashion (#4)
Welcome to another chapter of Input Origins, where we rewind to the moments that changed how we interact with technology. Today, we’re...
Input Origins: The Mouse That Roared (#3)
Welcome back to Input Origins, your monthly deep dive into the wild, weird, and wonderful world of how humans tell...
Input Origins: From Stylus to Signals (#2)
Series Editor: Ariel AmarI n 1964, the RAND Corporation introduced a groundbreaking innovation: the RAND Tablet, the world's first practical...
