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A conceptual portable computer and communications system designed by Honeywell for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968.

It has a lightpen (vs uninvented mouse) and a camera.

Sadly it didn't make it into the final cut of the movie!

Credit: Stanley Kubrick Archives. More here:
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/the-making-of-2001-a-space-odyssey-stanley-kubrick

First working mouse. 1968. Probably too ugly to add to the design.

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Wolfgang Stief 6h ago

@bitchboss @Natasha_Jay Telefunken Rollkugelsteuerung (something like “rolling ball control”) was introduced in 1968 as an optional device for their TR86 and TR440 computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse (scroll down to “First rolling-ball mouse”).

Computer mouse - Wikipedia

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Alfons Klarname

@stiefkind @bitchboss @Natasha_Jay Honeywell knew that hair constantly accumulates in a trackball mouse. That’s why they deliberately opted for the lightpen. 🙂