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Computer mouse inventor Doug Engelbart dies at 88 | Computer mouse inventor Doug Engelbart dies at 88 |
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The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart, has died aged 88. | The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart, has died aged 88. |
Engelbart developed the tool in the 1960s as a wooden shell covering two metal wheels, patenting it long before the mouse's widespread use. | Engelbart developed the tool in the 1960s as a wooden shell covering two metal wheels, patenting it long before the mouse's widespread use. |
He also worked on early incarnations of email, word processing and video teleconferences at a California research institute. | He also worked on early incarnations of email, word processing and video teleconferences at a California research institute. |
The state's Computer History Museum was notified of his death by his daughter, Christina, in an email. | The state's Computer History Museum was notified of his death by his daughter, Christina, in an email. |
Her father had been in poor health and died peacefully on Tuesday night in his sleep, she said. | Her father had been in poor health and died peacefully on Tuesday night in his sleep, she said. |
Doug Engelbart was born on 30 January 1925 in Portland, Oregon, to a radio repairman father and a housewife mother. | Doug Engelbart was born on 30 January 1925 in Portland, Oregon, to a radio repairman father and a housewife mother. |
'Mother of all demos' | 'Mother of all demos' |
He studied electrical engineering at Oregon State University and served as a radar technician during World War II. | He studied electrical engineering at Oregon State University and served as a radar technician during World War II. |
He then worked at Nasa's predecessor, Naca, as an electrical engineer, but soon left to pursue a doctorate at University of California, Berkeley. | He then worked at Nasa's predecessor, Naca, as an electrical engineer, but soon left to pursue a doctorate at University of California, Berkeley. |
His interest in how computers could be used to aid human cognition eventually led him to Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and then his own laboratory, the Augmentation Research Center. | His interest in how computers could be used to aid human cognition eventually led him to Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and then his own laboratory, the Augmentation Research Center. |
His laboratory helped develop ARPANet, the government research network that led to the internet. | His laboratory helped develop ARPANet, the government research network that led to the internet. |
Engelbart's ideas were way ahead of their time in an era when computers took up entire rooms and data was fed into the hulking machines on punch cards. | Engelbart's ideas were way ahead of their time in an era when computers took up entire rooms and data was fed into the hulking machines on punch cards. |
At a now legendary presentation that became known as the "mother of all demos" in San Francisco in 1968, he made the first public demonstration of the mouse. | At a now legendary presentation that became known as the "mother of all demos" in San Francisco in 1968, he made the first public demonstration of the mouse. |
At the same event, he held the first video teleconference and explained his theory of text-based links, which would form the architecture of the internet. | At the same event, he held the first video teleconference and explained his theory of text-based links, which would form the architecture of the internet. |
He did not make much money from the mouse because its patent ran out in 1987, before the device became widely used. | He did not make much money from the mouse because its patent ran out in 1987, before the device became widely used. |
SRI licensed the technology in 1983 for $40,000 (£26,000) to Apple. | SRI licensed the technology in 1983 for $40,000 (£26,000) to Apple. |
At least one billion computer mice have been sold. | |
Engelbart had considered other designs for his most famous invention, including a device that could be fixed underneath a table and operated by the knee. | Engelbart had considered other designs for his most famous invention, including a device that could be fixed underneath a table and operated by the knee. |
He was said to have been driven by the belief that computers could be used to augment human intellect. | He was said to have been driven by the belief that computers could be used to augment human intellect. |
Engelbart was awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT prize in 1997 and the National Medal of Technology for "creating the foundations of personal computing" in 2000. | Engelbart was awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT prize in 1997 and the National Medal of Technology for "creating the foundations of personal computing" in 2000. |
Since 2005, he had been a fellow at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. | Since 2005, he had been a fellow at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. |
He is survived by his second wife, Karen O'Leary Engelbart, and four children. | He is survived by his second wife, Karen O'Leary Engelbart, and four children. |