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Doug Engelbart invented the computer mouse in the early 1960s in his research lab at Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International). The first prototype – a one-button mouse in a wooden shell on wheels – was built in 1964 to test the concept. The first mouse now on exhibit at the Smithsonian!
He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces.
- Douglas Carl Engelbart, January 30, 1925, Portland, Oregon, U.S.
- Human–computer interaction, Inventor
- Paul L. Morton, John R. Woodyard
Douglas Engelbart American inventor whose work beginning in the 1950s led to his patent for the computer mouse, the development of the basic graphical user interface (GUI), and groupware. Engelbart won the 1997 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for his “inspiring vision of.
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Jul 3, 2013 · Douglas C. Engelbart with an early computer mouse in 1968, the year it was unveiled. SRI International. Computing was in its infancy when Dr. Engelbart entered the field. Computers were...
Jul 8, 2013 · Doug Engelbart, who invented the computer mouse as an engineer at the Stanford Research Institute, has died. He was 88. Engelbart died July 2 at his home in Atherton, Calif., his family said. Engelbart, who lectured at Stanford in the 1990s, was known as a visionary – a big-picture thinker who also knew the technical details.
Douglas Engelbart was a shy engineer who designed the mouse as a pointing device for networked computing in 1968. He also introduced word processing, document sharing, version control and hyperlinks, and foreshadowed the internet in his famous demo. Learn more about his life, vision and legacy.
Dec 9, 2023 · Oregon State University alumnus Douglas Engelbart, who designed the first computer mouse, unveiled the future of computers. On Dec. 9, 1968, Oregon-born engineer and inventor Douglas Engelbart...
