In summation, Douglas Engelbart was a very intelligent man who cleverly came up with the idea of the mouse. The mouse was a huge invention for today’s modern society. Without the mouse we would not have an accurate input pointing device. The mouse is what helps us control our computer and give it the information it needs to function accordingly. The mouse was necessary in order for computer’s to be bought by Americans. The mouse was a block of wood carved in a square shape. The mouse had a bunch of cords coming out of the back (see pictures) but there was one thick man cord that stood out. This is how the mouse got its name, the wood was the body and the cord was the tail. Engelbart’s group also called the pointer the “bug” but this name wasn’t widely adopted.