Dvice recently published a visual history of the computer mouse, which is quite interesting. The first pointing device that relied on hand motions to move a cursor was created by the Royal ...

The first computer mouse was invented in the early 1960s by ... making it one of the most ubiquitous input devices in history.

The first computer mouse, built by William English in the 1960s. Image via Wikipedia Engelbart showed William his notes and drawings, and he built the input device that Englebart envisioned ...