telepresence - 1973

[Benjamin Barrett]

I had been looking forward to checking out this word all day long and then forgot to check the OED. It has citations back to 1980. Wiktionary has it, but the AHD does not.

Using a hyphen, I found citations to 1973 and 1974:

"Education and Culture," 1973 (http://books.google.com/books?id=hFMWAAAAYAAJ&q=%22tele-presence%22&dq=%22tele-presence%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=udzfUNSPMs-10AHErIGoDQ&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBA)

"Veterans' administration annual report on exchange of medical information program," 1974 (http://books.google.com/books?id=jGrQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22tele-presence%22&dq=%22tele-presence%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=udzfUNSPMs-10AHErIGoDQ&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAQ)

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Dec 29, 2012, at 9:57 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote:

> Incorporating a webcam to give a sense that someone who is not present is present is providing "telepresence," something that is hot in the tech world right now (http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020011519_telepresencebeamxml.html).
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> Here are a citation from 1975 and three from the 1980s.
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> 1. "Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology: Volume 45 - Supplement 30," 1975 (http://books.google.com/books?id=Nf_Kg5WfdhIC&pg=PA49&dq=telepresence&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6dbfUIPtIebFigKoooEQ&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=telepresence&f=false)
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> 2. "Omni," June 1980 (http://www.omnimagonline.com/1980_06omnimag.htm)
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> 3. "Human Factors in Space Telepresence," 1983 (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19840015051_1984015051.pdf)
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> 4. "Telepresence master glove controller for dexterous robotic end-effectors," 1986 (mentioned in http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=995&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&s1=telepresence&p=20&OS=telepresence&RS=telepresence)

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