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Jean-Daniel Nicoud

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Jean-Daniel Nicoud (born 31 August 1938), is a Swiss computer scientist, noted for inventing of a computer mouse with an optical encoder and the CALM Common Assembly Language for microprocessors. He obtained a degree in physics at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 1963. Around 1965, he became interested in logical systems. He obtained his PhD at the EPFL in 1970 and became... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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Logitech The range of products offered improvements over a product originally developed at LAMI (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) by professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud and engineer André Guignard, who was involved in the design changes of the computer mouse originally invented by Douglas Engelbart.

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Mouse (computing) A Smaky mouse, as invented at the EPFL by Jean-Daniel Nicoud and André Guignard.

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    Jean-Daniel Nicoud

    Jean-Daniel Nicoud (born 31 August 1938), is a Swiss computer scientist, noted for inventing of a computer mouse with an optical encoder and the CALM Common Assembly Language for microprocessors.[1]
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    Khepera mobile robot

    The Khepera is a small (5.5 cm) differential wheeled mobile robot that was developed at the LAMI laboratory of Prof. Jean-Daniel Nicoud at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) in the mid '90s. It was developed by Edo. Franzi, Francesco Mondada, André Guignard and others.
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    List of Swiss people

    This is a list of notable Swiss people. ... Jean-Daniel Nicoud, computer scientist and researcher
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    Smaky

    The Smaky is a line of mostly 8-bit personal computers and accompanying operating system developed by Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud and others at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland beginning in 1974. ... A Smaky mouse, as invented by Jean-Daniel Nicoud and André Guignard.
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    Logitech

    Logitech International S.A. (SWX: LOGN, NASDAQ: LOGI), headquartered in Romanel-sur-Morges, Switzerland, is the holding company for Logitech Group, a Swiss peripheral-device maker. ... The range of products offered improvements over a product originally developed at LAMI (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) by professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud and engineer André Guignard, who was involved in the design changes of the computer mouse originally invented by Douglas Engelbart.
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    Mouse (computing)

    In computing, a mouse (plural mice, mouses, or mouse devices.) is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. ... A Smaky mouse, as invented at the EPFL by Jean-Daniel Nicoud and André Guignard.
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    René Sommer

    René Sommer (1951 - October 5, 2009) was a Swiss inventor and computer programmer. Along with Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud and André Guignard, Sommer helped invent the computer mouse at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.
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    KOI-18

    The KOI-18 is a hand-held paper tape reader developed by the U.S. National Security Agency as a fill device for loading cryptographic keys, or "crypto variables," into security devices, such as encryption systems. ... A similar device was developed by Prof. Jean-Daniel Nicoud for the Smaky 4 in 1975 .
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    André Guignard

    André Guignard is a Swiss engineer initially educated as a watchmaker. ... Working at the LAMI of the EPFL with Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud, he designed and realised in 1977 the first modern computer mouse, that started the successful Logitech diversification.
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    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland. ... Jean-Daniel Nicoud (Professor, computer science, inventor of the modern ball mouse)

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