Silicon Valley scientist Doug Englebart created the mouse input device more than 40 years ago and it’s proved to have a lasting presence. But now, an analyst from Gartner has read the technology tea ...

Around here, we love it when someone identifies a need and creates their own solution. In this case, [Engineer Bo] was tired of endless and imprecise scrolling with a mouse wheel. No off-the-shelf ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have devised a prototype input technology that brings mouse control and optical motion tracking to very small mobile devices. Harrison, whose Skinput device ...

Various options for customizing Magic Mouse and multi-touch trackpad input are available for those who wish to have more utility than that which Apple provides. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, ...

J3 Engineering is currently in the process of completing the final stages of prototyping a new input device that provides cursor control and customised gesture recognition. Applications for the use of ...

Your mouse might be on your desk all day, but it still picks up plenty of dirt. Here are the tools you'll need to get it squeaky clean. 4/18/2026 By The PCMag Editorial Team Scribble and Save: The ...

As we glide our fingers over the screens of our smartphones and tablets, or chatter to our computer instead of typing at it, it is easy to forget how far input devices have evolved since the first ...

The computer mouse has had a good run. But almost 70 years since the design was first patented, it is now under threat from a smart ‘thimble’. The wearable 3D Touch device is fitted with an ...

Computer devices such as mice, printers, scanners and speakers are known as peripheral hardware. These peripherals are further split into two categories, input devices and output devices. The function ...