Index
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 152–3, 157, 166, 185
adult content, 95, 150–3, 165–6, 168–71, 174, 177–8, 185
America Online (AOL), 92–4, 97, 100
Apple, 59, 132, 135–6, 140, 142, 217, 220–1, 240, 241, 257, 260
see also Jobs, Steve
ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency), 10, 28, 43–4, 51–3, 55, 57, 59–61, 63, 66–9, 71–2, 76, 85, 88, 133, 148, 237, 249–50
see also ARPANET; DARPA
ARPANET, 10, 28, 50–64, 66–73, 75–8, 80, 88–9, 133, 148, 155, 158, 198, 233, 250
first public demonstration of, 58–60, 63, 66, 71
see also ARPA
artificial intelligence (AI), xiii, 4, 19, 35–6, 54–5, 196, 235, 255, 257–69
AT&T, 49, 57, 59, 63, 69, 71, 73, 119, 187, 221, 235
see also telephone
Atlantic cable, 110–16, 118, 123–5
augmented human intelligence, 53, 257–9, 265
augmented reality (AR), xiii
see also virtual reality automobile, 15, 18, 61, 180, 216, 222–5, 238
Barlow, John Perry, 151–2, 156, 165–6
Berners-Lee, Tim, 8, 11, 13, 77, 89–93, 100, 257–8
see also hypermedia; hypertext
Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN), 28, 55, 59, 63, 66, 71–2
Brand, Stewart, 61, 145–6, 149, 151, 164, 250
Bush, Vannevar, 8, 13, 84–7, 89, 91, 99, 233, 257–8
cable Internet access, see Internet, and worldwide cable network
cabling, see wiring
CAD (computer-aided design), xiii, 134, 233
Cambridge University, 89
cell phone, see mobile phone censorship, 11, 150–3, 162–4, 168–85, 254 ...
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