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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Douglas Engelbart Invented the computer mouse (1964)


Inventors of the Modern Computer
The History of the Computer Mouse and the Prototype for Windows - Douglas Engelbart.
By Mary Bellis
"It would be wonderful if I can inspire others, who are struggling to realize their dreams, to say 'if this country kid could do it, let me keep slogging away'." - Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart changed the way computers worked, from specialized machinery that only a trained scientist could use, to a user-friendly tool that almost anyone can use. He invented or contributed to several interactive, user-friendly devices: the computer mousewindows, computer videoteleconferencinghypermediagroupwareemail, the Internetand more.