Internet and use of the computer as communication device the
1960s brainchild of psychology alum Sept. 14, 2009 Texas alum
had vision for the Internet that changed the world It was the
mystery of the human brain that first sparked Bob Taylor's
interest in computers nearly a half century ago. Before Taylor
initiated the ARPAnet project (the precursor to the Internet),
before he funded the creation of the mouse, before he led the
team that helped invent personal computing, he was a graduate
student in psychology at The University of Texas at Austin who,
as he tells it, "was interested in the brain and how it works."
"I realized after awhile it was going to be years and years and
years until we knew a great deal about the brain. I wanted more
rapid reinforcement than that so I became interested in
computers," Taylor says. "Over time, as I learned more about the
nature of computer programming, I realized the attraction of
writing a program, posing some sort of question, putting it into
a computer, and soon gettin