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The first trackball was built for radar
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Nothing speeds up the development of a handy desk gadget quite like a global military conflict. Invented in 1952 by the Canadian Navy, the first trackball was built from a standard five-pin bowling ball resting on specialized hardware. It was massive, heavy, and solely meant to track targets on a radar rather than scroll through articles.
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