The 50 Greatest Technological Inventions of the Past 25 Years
By Complex Magazine | Aug 18, 2010 | 3:29 pm | Permalink
Optical Computer Mouse
Made Popular By: HP
Year: 1998
Remember when you had to buy a special cleaner to wipe your (mouse) ball down every time it got a little grimy? If you don't, thank you for making us feel super-old. If you do, then you also remember how crazy an optical mouse was. Optical mice work using either an LED or laser diode along with a image processor to track the surface it's sliding across. Developed in the '80s by two teams—one at MIT and one at Xerox—it wasn't until 1998 when Travis N. Blalock, Richard A. Baumgartner, Thomas Hornak, and Mark T. Smith at HP Labs patented the technology that it became a hit with the masses.
Chris August 19th, 2010 at 02:43 PM
The image for #40 is a NiMH battery
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Charlie August 19th, 2010 at 02:51 PM
Seriously, a 50 page list? And all the popup crap?Come on, why do you do that to your readers? This is the Internet, you can put more on a page.
Charlie August 19th, 2010 at 02:54 PM
Oh my God. This list is RETARDED.
mr. x August 19th, 2010 at 03:10 PM
yo, i think the commodore computers were more popular in the 80s. I remember when my parents bought a commodore vic 20 and i remember when the commodore 64 was released and how awesome it was.
Tom August 19th, 2010 at 03:35 PM
Reading on my iPhone, not gonna click 50 links gl with that, Shame, seems interesting
Julio Salazar August 19th, 2010 at 03:49 PM
I think youtube should be on the list.
Julio Salazar August 19th, 2010 at 03:52 PM
What's up with 37?
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Where on earth is... nevermind, I really don't care.
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