Did You Know the First Computer Mouse Was Wooden?

The computer mouse: undeniably the cutest of the gadget world. The small, clickable tool is the reason we can browse social networks, search Google, play games and send email. And more importantly, where would we all be without the right-click and the cursor?

But this powerful computer piece comes from humble beginnings and had a long road to the sleek, sometimes quirky, often high-tech and efficient tool we now use on a daily basis.

The mouse's key feature is its trackball. The first known trackball can be traced to the Canadian Navy in 1952. This "mouse" was actually a bowling ball attached to a complicated hardware system that could sense the motion of the ball and imitate the…
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