Good News In History, November 17
Good News In History, November 17 55 years ago today, a patent on the first computer mouse was presented to the engineer and inventor Douglas Engelbart. He became an internet and computer pioneer at the Stanford Research Institute spearheading the creation of not only the computer mouse, but the development of hypertext, networked computers, and early graphical user interfaces. Using his own strategy to accelerate the rate of innovation, these advancements came decades before the personal computer revolution READ more about his important work… (1975) Photos by SRI International; and Alex Handy – CC licenses Engelbart never received any royalties for the invention of the mouse, and later said “SRI patented the mouse, but they really had no idea of its value.” Some years later it was learned that they had licensed it to Apple Computer for something like $40,000. Described in the patent application as an “X-Y position indicator for a display system”, it consisted of a wooden shell with two m…
