The first computer mouse demo — 40 years later!

I thought this was cool so decided to post it. It seems the first prototype of “a futuristic computing system” was demonstrated by Douglas Engelbart on Dec. 9, 1968 at the Fall Joint Computer Conference at Stanford University. The system, called “NLS” or “the Online System,” included a roughly crafted gizmo that was the mother of all mice. You can read the ITWorld article here.

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