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OK, it seems somewhat fortuitous that Logitech just managed to ship its one billionth mouse in the same week that news broke about the computer mouse turning 40 years old. Still, a billion mice is a lot of ‘mouses’, and Logitech has been running them off the production lines since the early 1980s. Rory Dooley, Senior Vice President, Control Devices at Logitech says: “When all of this started for Logitech back in the early ’80s (PDF), the mouse was primarily a tool for CAD (computer-aided design applications). Since then, the mouse has become something much more - it is truly the key to the kingdom - the device that unlocked the power of the computer for the many of us who don’t write computer code. The mouse opened up computing to the average person by providing a simple, intuitive way to interact with the computer.”So, with analysts all saying the mouse will be supplanted in the next 4-5 years, Dooley says his creative bunch are looking at new interaction concepts, covering everything from touch technology to mind control. Take a look at some of the wackier mice that Logitech designers came up with here (pdf), but which stayed in development hell.-Martin Lynch gadget mouse technology

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