The Mouse That Soared

A celebration of Douglas Engelbart's indomitable, ever-evolving pointing device on the 40th anniversary of its public debut.

By Harry McCracken  |  Posted at 3:42 pm on Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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This skinny Logitech concept mouse had dual sensors, allowing it to zoom and rotate simultaneously. It was way too complicated to sell well–a fact that Logitech realized before it ever got out of the labs, thank goodness.

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  1. thehumanyawn Says:

    Happy Birthday

  2. Juliet Says:

    About the “Apple’s first iMac”… Maybe you never asked people with small hands like me, until that one came by, béziers were a no no for me… that little round beauty rolled me to a world of precise tracing and I love it! I still have two… a blue and a red :)

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