In the 1960s, an engineer's wooden pointer on two tiny wheels became the computer mouse, helping change how people used computers

A humble wooden box with wheels, conceived over 60 years ago, revolutionized computing. Douglas Engelbart's invention, the ...

5 Everyday Tech Items You Might Not Realize Came From The 1960s

Much technology that's used today was created in the '60s, including computer mice, LEDs, barcode scanners, video game ...
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JCS Chairman Holds Forth on Tweeting Toasters and the First Computer Mouse

In discussing the revolution in computer and network technology over the past 50 years at the Brookings Institution yesterday, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ...
The Roanoke Times

The computer mouse may go the way of the rotary dial

The ways we talk to the machines in our lives keep evolving. I am typing on a keyboard that is pretty similar to the first computer keyboards from the 1970s. The layout of keys is based on much older ...