The wooden block of 1964
The Xerox PARC refinement
The democratic click
Beyond the wire
Which company introduced the IntelliMouse Explorer in 1999, popularizing optical mice?
steve Assemble the wooden prototype with wheels to discover how the first computer mouse worked.
steve Infrared and radio technologies freed the mouse from its physical tail in the 1980s and 90s.
steve The First Computer Mouse
Just a block of wood—(with a red button!) / Rolling on two wheels—(on those metal wheels!)
steve The addition of the scroll wheel in 1996 fundamentally changed how we browse the web.
Which company released the first commercial cordless mouse using infrared technology in 1984?
Space mouse: Astronauts use specialized, trackball-style mice in microgravity because a standard mouse would float away from the desk surface.
In which field is the computer mouse still preferred over touchscreens and trackpads for its precision?
A computer mouse that connects to a computer without using a physical cable. In September 1984, Logitech built the first version using infrared technology for the Metaphor computer system.