the first mouse

[JonHsdotcom]

Who is touching a mouse right now?

[piratesmvp]

And Apple would have you believe they were the first to invent the mouse. This thing was made before Apple even existed!

[ile54]

@piratesmvp Apple never claimed they invented the mouse.

[piratesmvp]

@ile54 They never claim they invented anything. They let the media do that for them.

[nholt]

This guy was a genius so far ahead of his time in 1968 and yet in the late 1980's Windows still had a blinking :C/ WTF?

[GHIMIN1]

now i can understand why it is mouse.

[timelineman37]

now they got a mind control mouse

[tylersmyler]

pfffffft....it'll never catch on

[FKeel1]

00:45 amuses me so much...

[phiphers]

if this guy joined Trolololo back then they would have ruled the earth

[Acid1K05]

:-))...

[fedepresti]

when is it coming out?? can't wait to purchase one

[happygamestvfun1]

whast the DPI on that thing?

[Yppy26]

This is creepy.

[dylandionrakiman]

great! now invent the computer...

[tylersmyler]

he doesn't even know why he called it a mouse..

does anyone know?

[FKeel1]

@tylersmyler I would guess its called a mouse, because it has a body and a tail ... thus slightly reminding of a mouse or a rat?

[barf245]

originally called The X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System

[justin76pa]

Wow. Love computer history.

[Aqwert76]

happy birthday kitty

oh wait o.o

[CarmellaWelkes8]

hai am really bored anyone wanna play and have fun

[pippodeltrappeto]

Woooow! Can't wait for having that technology!!! :P

[CaptainSiberia]

That's pretty cool. But what does that thumb piano on the left do?

[themacisonthetable]

It's another programmable input device replacing some commands or keyboard keys

[slitheen]

Is it just me who is gobsmacked that the mouse is 41 years old? WOW! Ingenious device the mouse. Bill Gates' "the mouse is dead" speech was way too premature. He's going on about Windows 7 and all this touch screen malarkey. Utter tosh! Touch screen will live alongside the mouse for years yet. I for one don't fancy reaching to a screen two feet away 1000's of times per day, and speech recognition in Vista sucks anus. So the humble mouse is here for a long time yet, Mr Gates.

[mugrebruja]

thats not a mouse, thats a rat!

[PlatinumPepinos]

How about: X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System

[simonjpearce]

No he isn't. Born in 1925, he is still around!

[TheRobloxinator]

Wow, that's one big mouse..........*Goes back in time and shows gaming mouse* lol

[ribenawrath]

his mouse looks like a lunchbox :)

[turewarrior0]

rofl go back in time with our date computers and you will be beyond famous... only if that was possible

[DELTA38g]

Well i think its called a mouse becuase the cable, that back then was placed on the to the side of ur arm (not to the tips of ur fingers like now) looked like a tail, and well the cable+ box looks like a mouse :D

[mate2000]

Damn imagine going there now, back in to the past, and show them a MacBook Air :D

[isti82]

"I don't know if I would call it a mouse, sometimes I apologize that, it started that way, and we never did change it"

EPIC :D

[ultramonster]

yeah i always wanted to know why smone would call it "mouse", i mean that's sort of a weird name.

[TurdBlossom95]

my gramps was on that team :)

[gspot2016]

He must have some cool stories to tell.

[TurdBlossom95]

he's dead

[kinmanyuen]

lol when did they invented the ball mechanism?

[nords]

AMAZING ;) Part of our history ;)

[FacToRx93]

happy birthday !

[MajinKoenma]

Happy Birthday, Mouse!

[EatCraps]

Thanks for making gaming easy mouse dude.

[MichaelJacob02]

amen man!

[ana3rby]

40 years from now and people will watch our pcs nowadays and wonder how we wonder now.

[videouzleg]

Exactly!

[themangodess]

@ana3rby

Nobody's looking at computers 20 years ago as alien devices I doubt they'll do the same with today's regardless of how different things become.

[ALBoZ0]

happy birthday=)

[dudew8]

YAAAAY MOUSE!!!!!!! :D

[rednil]

Happy Birthday Mousy Mouse.

[patridas]

Happy birthday mousy

[Adderiandei]

40 years ^^

[dwerg2k]

What would the world be without the mouse?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

[PandaMishima]

The One Mouse more powerful than Mickey!

[Jaquzze]

Happy birthday Mouse =D

[Lappalingur]

Happy birthday Mouse =D

[alexandervdd]

happy birthday mouse!! we're nothing wihtout you...

[Tsiaman]

'ave a good one, mouse:D

[xXxZoffxXx]

happy birthday mouse!

[MadamLucyLuLu]

Wonderful footage and it's the 40th anniversary today.

9 Dec 1968 - 9 Dec 2008

[Revenge1986]

thats interesting..

: )

[iownnwo]

lol must have been hard to use