Odd Inputs and Peculiar Peripherals: Chorded Keyset Recreates Engelbart’s Vision

A 3D-printed five-key chorded keyboard

Douglas Engelbart’s 1968 “Mother of all Demos” introduced the world to a whole range of technologies we take for granted today, the most prominent being his great invention, the computer …read more Continue reading Odd Inputs and Peculiar Peripherals: Chorded Keyset Recreates Engelbart’s Vision

William English, Computer Mouse Co-Creator, Has Passed

We are saddened to report that William English, co-inventor of the computer mouse, died July 26 in San Rafael, California. He was 91 years old.

Every piece of technology starts with a vision, a vague notion of how a thing could or should be. The computer mouse is no different. …read more

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