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  1. en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › Computer_mouseComputer mouse - Wikipedia

    A computer mouse is named for its resemblance to the rodent. The earliest known written use of the term mouse or mice in reference to a computer pointing device is in Bill English's July 1965 publication, "Computer-Aided Display Control".

  2. Dec 29, 2017 · The computer mouse was invented and developed by Douglas Engelbart, with the assistance of Bill English, during the 1960s and was patented on November 17, 1970. While creating the mouse, Douglas was working at the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California, a think tank sponsored by Stanford University.

  3. Jan 30, 2023 · Inventor of Mouse. Modern Day Mouse. Douglas Engelbart was an American engineer and inventor who is best known for his pioneering work in the field of human-computer interaction. In 1963, Engelbart came up with the concept of the computer mouse while working at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in California.

  4. Apr 24, 2024 · Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse in 1963–64 as part of an experiment to find a better way to point and click on a display screen. Fashioned at the Stanford Research Institute, it had a carved wood casing and just one button.

  5. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces.

  6. Aug 18, 2009 · A little more than 40 years ago Douglas Engelbart introduced his "X–Y position indicator for a display system"—more commonly known today as the computer mouse—during a 90-minute presentation ...

  7. Aug 6, 2018 · It was technology visionary and inventor Douglas Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) who revolutionized the way computers worked, turning it from a piece of specialized machinery that only a trained scientist could use to a user-friendly tool that almost anyone can work with.

  8. historyofcomputers.eu › hardware › the-story-of-the-birth-of-the-computer-mouseThe Story of the Birth of the Computer Mouse

    Feb 24, 2024 · The computer mouse revolutionized human-computer interaction and played a significant role in the widespread adoption of personal computers. Before the mouse, interacting with computers required memorizing and typing complex commands.

  9. Jul 3, 2013 · He demonstrated how a mouse, which he invented just four years earlier, could be used to control a computer. He demonstrated text editing, video conferencing, hypertext and windowing.

  10. The mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1964 and consisted of a wooden shell, circuit board and two metal wheels that came into contact with the surface it was being used on. It was 8 years later in 1972 that Bill English developed the design further by inventing what is known as the "Ball Mouse" that we know today.