50 years after the computer mouse was demonstrated, we look at its future

On Dec. 9, 1968, Douglas Engelbart gave the first public demonstration of a computer mouse. Today we look at the device’s history, as well as futuristic concepts for computer interfaces.
Of Mice and men
Douglas Engelbart of the Stanford Research Institute is largely credited as the inventor of the computer mouse. His research on the mouse and making interacting with computers easier began in the early 1960s. NASA helped fund the research by 1966.
Tail to tale
Engelbart presented his cursor