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The mouse that roared

Replica of first computer mouse
Photo courtesy Jrpvaldi.

Before the Internet, before personal computers and before he and William English invented the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart had a vision. It entailed putting a computer in every office, sharing ideas and resources across networks and raising the collective IQ of society through human-computer interactions. That dream drove him to design some of the foundational technologies that drive today’s information society – including a few that might surprise you.

What device did Douglas Engelbart invent?