By Billie // The Billionth Mouse on December 9, 2008
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Q: Who invented the mouse and when was it first demonstrated in public?
Q: Chi ha inventato il mouse e quando?
Q: Wer hat die Maus erfunden – und wann?
Q: ¿Quién inventó el ratón? ¿Cuándo?
Q: Qui a inventé la souris et en quelle année?
Today’s prize is: Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Pro
The answer to yesterday’s question (What is the name of Logitech’s first mouse and in what year was it released?) is: P-4 mouse, 1982.
Congratulations to the winner for yesterday’s question: Alex Lyne
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SITI AMINAH ABU KASIM | December 9th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Douglas Engelbart, 1968
Dianne Hurley | December 9th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Dr. Douglas Engl\elbart, 12/9/1968
PS that thing was huge! Amazing how far we’ve come
Kent Van | December 9th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Douglas Engelbart in 1968
Gabriel C | December 9th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Douglas Engelbart demo’d a mouse on Dec. 9 1968.
Douglas Rowe | December 9th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
On December 9, 1968, Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart demonstrated the first mouse. It looked like a wooden cigar box with a single push button.
Frilio Rolthnor | December 9th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Xerox
Andy Modell | December 9th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Xerox
Vic | December 9th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse and demonstrated it on December 9th, 1968.
Victor | December 9th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Douglas Engelbart. December 9th, 1968.
Jaypee Bauzon | December 9th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Douglas Engelbart in December 8, 1968
Yan Lavoie | December 9th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Douglas ENGELBART
1963
Michael Sproles | December 9th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Day 7 Answer…. Mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart and was first demonstrated at Augmentation Research Center in 1968. Thanks
Melvin Lopez | December 9th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Douglas Engelbart – 1972
BRIAN E. | December 9th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart invented the mouse; demo on December 9, 1968.
Leigh Nichols | December 9th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Douglas Engelbart , In 1968, a 90-minute, staged public demonstration of a networked computer system was held at the Augmentation Research Center — the first public appearance of the mouse
Patrick M. | December 9th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Originally invented by Douglas Engelbart
Developed by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Shown at the Comdex technology trade show in Las Vegas
Johnson Qu | December 9th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Douglas Engelbart in 1968
Serge Botsaris | December 9th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
On December 9, 1968,
Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart and the Augmentation Research Center (ARC) at Stanford Research Institute
esther | December 9th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Douglas Engelbart; first publicly demonstrated in 1968
Chau | December 9th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Dr. Douglas Engelbart 1968
Kayce C | December 9th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse. It was demonstrated to the public at at Stanford University.
Jennifer McKinney | December 9th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
December 9, 1968, Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart
Tim Diamond | December 9th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Dr. Douglas Engelbart, was demonstrated it in 1968
Mary | December 9th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Douglas Engelbart. First public demonstration in December 9, 1968.
Bailey | December 9th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Dr. Douglas Engelbart, 1968.
tero | December 9th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
The first mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart. It was introduced in 1968.
AmethystRock | December 9th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
I believe it was Dr. Douglas Engelbart. And first shown in 1968.
Nikunj | December 9th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Douglas Engelbart, 1968
Tao Wang | December 9th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse. It was first publicly demonstrated on December 9 1968.
kenny | December 9th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
The mouse was invented by Douglas C. Engelbart in 1968!
Henry Slinger | December 9th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Douglas Engelbart developed the first device that came to be known as the mouse in 1964. It was demonstrated On 12/9/1968 at the Fall Joint Computer Conference.
Hanife O. | December 9th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart – December 9, 1968.
Andrew Corea | December 9th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Dr. Douglas Engelbart. It was demonstrated in 1968.
Dimitry Franck | December 9th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Douglas C. Engelbart
On December 9, 1968
Darko | December 10th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse and it was first demonstrated in public in 1968.
Fred | December 10th, 2008 at 12:42 am
Douglas C. Engelbart und William English haben im Dezember 1968 den Vorläufer der heutigen Maus erfunden (damals x-y-positions-anzeiger genannt).
Douglas C. Engelbart and William English invented it in december 1968
Philipp Kühn | December 10th, 2008 at 12:54 am
Douglas Engelbart 1968
Ujlakycs | December 10th, 2008 at 1:13 am
The mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart (in 1963), the first demonstration was in 1970 (when he patented his invention).
James Brown | December 10th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Dr Douglas Engelbart invented the first mouse and demonstrated it to a crowd at the San Francisco Convention Centre in 1968
Andy | December 10th, 2008 at 1:31 am
Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse in 1964, and patented the design in 1970.
Borna Prpic | December 10th, 2008 at 1:47 am
Douglas Engelbart is the answer and it was first demonstrated in public in 1968.
Maximilian | December 10th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Douglas C. Engelbart invented the first mouse in 1963 at the SRI and eventually presented it to the public in 1968, while he was on a convention of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies.
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Felix the cat | December 10th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Douglas C. Engelbart, December 9, 1968
Nico | December 10th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart, On December 9, 1968
Christine R. | December 10th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Douglas Engelbart
December 9, 1968
Linda Anderson | December 10th, 2008 at 2:46 am
Dr Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse and the presentation was at held at the Fall Joint Computer Conference held at the Convention Center in San Francisco,
Craig Harding | December 10th, 2008 at 3:00 am
Douglas Engelbart – December 9, 1968
Josip Aras | December 10th, 2008 at 3:01 am
Mouse inventor is Douglas Engelbart (at the Stanford Research Institute).
First public demonstration took place on December 9, 1968 in San Francisco.
Katalin Ujlaky | December 10th, 2008 at 3:06 am
Douglas C. Engelbart, 1968
Todd Huria | December 10th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Douglas Engelbart
9 December 1968