Douglas C. Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse, Dies at 88 - NYTimes.com

R.I.P. to one who put multiple dents in the universe and inspired generations of computing pioneers. Check the link below for an overview of the life of an incredible innovator; also consider reading What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry

"Douglas C. Engelbart, a visionary scientist whose singular epiphany in 1950 about technology’s potential to expand human intelligence led to a host of inventions — among them the computer mouse — that became the basis for both the Internet and the modern personal computer, died on Tuesday at his home in Atherton, Calif. He was 88."

Douglas C. Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse, Dies at 88 - NYTimes.com