The Jelfin Mouse is a desktop blob, a ball-shaped mouse with a soft gel covering. It is also “designed to fit your hand perfectly”, and “the World’s first ball-shaped computer mouse covered in gel”*.

In just a few decades, the humble computer mouse has gone from cutting-edge technology to a rather ubiquitous device — and, in fact, one that seems a little outdated in an era of holograms and ...

Apple is almost universally praised for how well-designed its products are—even if its detractors usually do so through gritted teeth while snarking about price—but one thing it’s safe to criticize ...

On Dec. 9, 1968, Douglas Engelbart gave the first public demonstration of a computer mouse. Today we look at the device’s history, as well as futuristic concepts for computer interfaces. Douglas ...

Ubiquity, thy name is mouse. There’s Mighty. There’s Mickey. And don’t forget the proverbial girl next door. The stereotype says she’s attractive, but also a tad bit mousey. And then there’s that ...

The computer mouse has been around, contributing to the growth and evolution of technology since the 1970s. Different variations and fuctionalities are made possible through this invention and it ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

In November 1970 a patent was granted for a device dubbed an “X-Y position indicator for a display system”. Amidst the plethora of patents granted that year, you would’ve been forgiven for not ...