Model of the Dynabook “dynamic book” (replica by Alan Kay)
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- Details
- Description
- Date Introduced
- 2010
- Photographer
- Richards, Mark
- Dimensions
- overall: 1 in x 9 in x 11 1/2 in
- Manufacturer
- Kay, Alan
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alan Kay
- Copyright Owner
- © Mark Richards
- Object ID
- 102716364
Alan Kay’s1968 Dynabook mockup was influenced by the learning theories of Jerome Bruner and Seymour Papert. Though too advanced to build at the time, it inspired future designers. Kay helped pioneer GUI and object-oriented programming at Xerox PARC.
