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The second-generation Numonics Manager Mouse is a redesigned version of the original Manager Mouse released in 1985 by the Torrington Company, a major international bearing manufacturer headquartered in Connecticut. Since mouse production was far away from Torrington’s core business, they eagerly licensed Manager Mouse to other companies, such as Maynard Electronics and Numonics Corporation. Numonics specialized in precision measuring instruments…

Apparently, the Colani Mouse was, along with the trackball of the same name, among the first so-called “designer” mice – devices officially developed in collaboration with celebrities in the field of technical design. This mouse was named and shaped by Luigi Colani. Colani is best known in the automotive industry, with about 40 concept cars; no less actively he designed…

The Lunaris mouse was introduced to the market in 1994 by Elecom, a Japanese electronics manufacturer which was founded eight years earlier and which by that time had already introduced two computer mice to the market. The Lunaris mouse was released in several variants, differing in connection interface and the presence or absence of the mouse resolution adjustment. This one…

The GM-5 mouse was released by a Taiwanese company KYE Systems (owner of the Genius brand) for use with Commodore 64 computers (the first mass-produced home computers, which were on the market from 1982 to 1992). The mouse can be dated based on KYE Systems advertising that mentions the GM-2 (a mouse produced by Z-Nix in 1986 and sold under…