The wooden block of 1964
The Xerox PARC refinement
The democratic click
Beyond the wire
YOUR GOAL
Master of The first computer mouse
steve The First Computer Mouse
Roll that block, roll that block, Two wheels guide the screen!
steve On December 9, 1968, Douglas Engelbart publicly debuted the mouse alongside video conferencing and word processing.
steve The first mouse used two perpendicular metal wheels to track horizontal and vertical movements.
steve Drag the wooden clicker to discover how the first computer mouse changed everything.
First mouse patent: The patent for the mouse was filed in 1967, but Douglas Engelbart never received any royalties because it expired before personal computers became popular.
A handheld device that controls the movement of a cursor on a computer display. Bill English built the first wooden prototype in 1964 at the Stanford Research Institute.
In what year was the first computer mouse prototype built at the Stanford Research Institute?
What was the nickname of the famous 1968 live demonstration where the computer mouse made its public debut?
Who designed the physical wooden prototype of the first mouse based on Douglas Engelbart's ideas?