The computer mouse that people use every day was developed in 1968 by Douglas Engelbart and William Kirk English at the Stanford Research Institute in the U.S. According to media reports, William Kirk English died of respiratory failure on July 26 at the age of 91.
The other co-developer, Engelbart, who died of kidney failure in 2013, was responsible for conceptualizing the mouse. The prototype design was invented by English, who are considered pioneers in human-machine interface research.
The computer mouse came out in 1968 and was designed by Dr. Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI), while William Kirk English, who had joined SRI in the 1960s, worked with Dr. Engelbart as a researcher on the computer science research team and built the mouse according to the design.
In a demonstration of the mouse in 1968, Engelbart was said "the man who gave birth to the mouse," but according to Engelbart's manuscript notes, it seems that English was the "maker" of the mouse.
The mouse is a technological invention that has a profound influence on future generations.
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