Vannevar Bush (Memex)

Vannevar Bush was an American engineer and inventor who proposed a visionary concept called the "Memex" in the 1940s. The Memex was envisioned as a mechanical device that would allow users to store, retrieve, and share vast amounts of information, much like today’s computers and the internet. It was designed to help people connect related ideas and documents, supporting research and personal knowledge management. Bush's ideas anticipated how digital technology could enhance human thinking and collaboration, laying groundwork for modern information systems and hypertext, including the World Wide Web.