His article described something in many ways like today's World Wide Web.In fact, he had features still not elegantly available, such as voice-activated automatic dictation.
The system, which he called Memex, was decribed as based on what was thought, at the time, to be the wave of the future: Ultra high resolution microfilm reels, coupled to multiple screen viewers and cameras, by electromechanical controls.
The Atlantic Monthly article was followed, in November 1945, by a Life magazine article which showed illustrations of the proposed Memex desk and automatic typewriter.