René Sommer (1951 – 5 October 2009) was a Swiss inventor and computer programmer, credited as a co-inventor of the computer mouse.[ clarification needed]
Along with Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud and André Guignard, Sommer helped invent the computer mouse at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. [1] Sommer was credited for making the mouse "more intelligent" by adding a micro-processor to the mouse's design in 1985. [1]
Sommer died on 5 October 2009 in Saint-Légier, Vaud, Switzerland, at the age of 58. [1]
Logitech, which manufactured the original mouse, called Sommer a ‘brilliant and impassioned engineer’ in reaction to his death. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Computer mouse inventor dies in Vaud". World Radio Switzerland. 2009-10-14. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-10-28.