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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Here’s Engelbart’s first prototype mouse (held by its inventor). Note the square shape, hand-crafted wood case, and giant wheel inside. The part of this little beast that most resembles a modern mouse is the tail-like cord that gave it its name–though many mice do away with that today, of course. (Image from Wikipedia.)

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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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