Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Some interesting mice

You probably take your mouse for granted, but they've come a long way.

Here are a few notable mice through history:

First up, the first mouse ever:

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Invented by Douglas Engelbart and demonstrated at the Fall Joint Computer Expo in San Francisco on December 9, 1968. Here is the patent design (click to enlarge):

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Next, a Soviet design -- yeah, they had their own little computer industry going for a while too:

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Not bad considering we're talking about the Soviet Union -- in the 80s -- here. Notice the construction. If these mice were anything like some other Soviet products, they were probably designed to survive a hell of a beating.

And finally, the first Microsoft mouse:

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I thought it was pretty interesting how similar it is to the Soviet mouse. Insert your own joke here.

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