Ed Tech 4 Math

The New Year’s Eve ball has dropped in Times Square and we are now 4 days into 2009.

With the start of another year, many of us take time to reminisce about times past and reflect upon the achievements of those who came before us.

Here’s a little something for us technology enthusiasts:

2009 marks the 40^th birthday of the public debut of Douglas Engelbart’s computer mouse.

40 Years of the Mouse is currenlty being featured on MSN chronicling the debut and evolution of the computer’s most revered sidekick.

The mouse has come a long way since December 1968, and I have used many of them: the Microsoft Mouse 2.0 to the Apple iMac Mouse to a Logitech wireless mouse.

Although I mainly work off of a laptop, I can’t imagine not having my little wireless mouse with me!  To be honest, I feel like am without a limb if I don’t have my mouse with me; I just can’t work as efficiently without it!

For more on the mouse:

How Stuff Works:  How Computer Mice Work

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