The technology I will be speaking about is the computer mouse. You may not know this but the development of the mouse took place very close to us. Douglas Engelbart was the master mind behind the development of the mouse. He realized in the 1950s he wanted to do more with his life and make definite goals. He went to Cal and after school went to SRI, (right down the street from the very place i sit right now) and began coming up with the idea of the mouse. In the 1960's was when the idea came into a relality. Engelbart wrote Augmenting Human Intellect: A conceptual Framework which got attention and led to funding from Apra. Mr. Engelbart than founded the group ARC at SRI which stands for Augmentation Research Center. In 1970 he recieved a patent for the wooden mouse he devloepd with Bill Enlgish, who was one of the lead engineers. In the late 1970s Englebart became less of a phenomena and drifted off into the oblivion. More engineers continued improving and improvising the mouse.A related technology is a track pad. They are built into laptops in the bottom section. They get some getting used to but once you get the hang of it, they become very easy to use. They are very sensitive pads. Antoher related technology is a mouse which has a ball under it. It makes it easier to move on the desk. The ball is hyper-sensitive so it works very well. There are no certifications for use because using a mouse is simple and you can not really be an expert at using a mouse. My prediction for the future is a very high technology mouse. I beleive it will be floating that is sensitive to touch but not a touchpad. I think a person will be able to tap the mouse a certain amount of times and it will type for you. It will be like a morse code. I hope the mouse becomes a very intricate tool.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THE MOUSE!
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AND THAT'S IT FOR THE MOUSE!
SQUEEEK SQUEEEEK
CLICK CLICK
