Sandman
12-09-2008, 05:22 PM
1968: Computer scientist Douglas Engelbart kicks off the personal computer revolution with a product demonstration that is so amazing it inspires a generation of technologists. It will become known as "the mother of all demos."
The presentation included the debut of the computer mouse (http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/multimedia/2008/12/gallery_40_years_mouse), which Engelbart used to control an onscreen pointer in exactly the same way we do today.
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1209
Whatever would we do without the mouse? We'd probably have tons of keyboard commands in memory....that's what.
The presentation included the debut of the computer mouse (http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/multimedia/2008/12/gallery_40_years_mouse), which Engelbart used to control an onscreen pointer in exactly the same way we do today.
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1209
Whatever would we do without the mouse? We'd probably have tons of keyboard commands in memory....that's what.