The First Computer Mouse Was a Wooden Device

Douglas Engelbart, a technologist who conceived of the computer mouse and laid out a vision of an Internet decades before others brought those ideas to the mass market, died on Tuesday night.

PHOTO: Here's how the very first computer mouse looked (1964)

Douglas Engelbart, the father of the computer mouse and so much more, dies at 88

Engelbart was involved in the development of the ARPANET—the precursor to the modern internet—and showed off hypertext long before most people had interacted with a computer, let alone touched a networked computer. On December 9, 1968 Douglas Engelbart's "Mother of All Demos" from Menlo Park, California showcased what was considered incredibly futuristic technology for the time, including his mouse.  

WATCH: The Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968)

In pictures: the evolution of mouse - Firsts!