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The Trackball Bouse
The Trackball "mouse" was the first of its kind. Designed by ralph Benjamin, the Trackball mouse was created to better replace a joystick used for aircraft positioning on radar systems. -
DATAR Mouse
Built by British Engineer, Kenyon Taylor, this mouse was built to improve the trackball mouse and have it fit to a more "human" hand. -
First Wheeled Mouse
This mouse designed by Douglas Englebarts and his lead engineer, Bill English, was created in their college laboratory was built to accomodate for his Personal Computor needs -
ROKUGALL the first XYZ Ball mouse
Germanys version of the trackball mouse, this device had 3 axis instead of 2 and was imported to the us for a short period of time. however it was soon replaced by more practical device. -
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Xerox Alto
The Xerox Alto was created by a soon-to-be microsoft employee by the name of Nichalous Wirth. It went through many changes in names and functions such as: Xerox 8010, PARCS Alto and more. -
First Mechanical Mouse
This mouse, manufactured in Germany, was not given a name by the designer but was rather given a a title "SOCKET MOUSE" this mouse had a small ball on the top and was able to hold up to 5 Axis or all 90 degrees of freedom. -
Microprocessor Mechanical Mouse
Developed by Rene Sommer, this mechanical mouse relocated its internall parts making it smaller and put the ball on the underside and rolled along a flat surface like most mice today. -
First Laser Mouse, Air Mice
These Gyroscopic mice use laser or lines that bounce back and forth off of a surface to determine movement and location, they were first concepted with small bulbs rather than LEDs and are the standard issue mice for today.
