A memex (from "memory expansion") is a hypothetical electromechanical device for interacting with microform documents and described in Vannevar Bush's 1945 article "As We May Think". Bush envisioned the memex as a device in which individuals would compress and store all of their books, records, and communications, "mechanized so that it may be ...

Memex是Vannevar Bush于1945年在其文章《As We May Think》中提出的一种“扩展存储器（Memory-Extender）”设想。 文中指出，Memex是一个基于微缩胶卷存储的“个人图书馆”，可以根据“交叉引用”来播放图书和影片。

Bush provides a core vision of the importance of information to industrial/scientific society, using the image of an "information explosion" arising from the unprecedented demands on scientific production and technological application of World War II.

2018年3月11日 · But did you know that already in the mid 1940s – in the time when the very first computers hit the stage filling up entire rooms and performing less than you average mobile phone today – Vannevar Bush came up with the idea of the memex, the proposal of a hypermedia system based on electromechanics and microfilm, enabling the user to access ...

2023年7月21日 · The Memex was a conceptual system created by Vannevar Bush for storing data and retrieving it in an easy and organized manner. The system was to provide easy access to the large amount of knowledge that was already recorded.

A memex is a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. It is an ...

2023年6月21日 · MEMEX 是一种可以存储和检索各种文档、文章、图片和音频等信息的机械设备。 它包括一套微缩相机和屏幕，可以将书籍、文件和其他信息源转换为微缩图片，并将其存储在可交互的文件系统中。 MEMEX 还具备索引和链接功能，使用户能够快速查找和导航信息。 分章节内容简介： 第 1 节：科学知识有了长足的发展，但我们管理知识的方式几个世纪以来一直保持不变。 我们已经无法在信息洪流中跟上并找到相关的信息。 莱布尼茨的计算机和查尔斯巴贝奇的 …

A memex is a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility.

2021年3月27日 · "As We May Think" is a 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush which has been described as visionary and influential, anticipating many aspects of information society. It was first published in The Atlantic in July 1945 and republished in an abridged version in September 1945 - before and after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The name honors the 1945 publication of Vannevar Bush's article "As We May Think" in which he proposed a hypertext engine called the Memex, and the web site is an outgrowth of the 1995 Brown/MIT Bush Symposium honoring the 50th anniversary of its publication.