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Tag: touchscreen

E. A. Johnson, PLATO IV, and the Long Road to the Touchscreen

E. A. Johnson's capacitive touch-display research and PLATO IV's infrared touch panel were separate 1960s–1970s lineages that showed how direct finger input could become a practical computer interface decades before smartphones.

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PLATO and the Networked Classroom That Became an Online Community

The University of Illinois PLATO system combined computer-based lessons with plasma displays, touch input, messaging, forums, chat and multiplayer games, anticipating both educational software and online social life.

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