René Sommer
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René Sommer (1951 - October 5, 2009) was a Swiss inventor and computer programmer, credited as a co-inventor of the computer mouse.
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 October 5, 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]
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- ^ a b c d "Computer mouse inventor dies in Vaud". World Radio Switzerland. 2009-10-14. http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/computer-mouse-inventor-dies-in-vaud.shtml?16283. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
