Hello and welcome back to the Curious Kid podcast.

Two years ago, in December of 2018, we did our first ever listener suggestion episode,

Curious about the Internet.

This week, we are learning about a topic that goes really well with

that episode from 106 weeks ago. Mailbag.

Mail bag!

Dear Jacob and Olivia, my name is Xander, and I am six years old. I live in Fort Worth, Texas with my mom and dad. I love your show. I love learning about all sorts of fun topics, but my favorites have been learning about teeth, the planets, and blood. In the future, I would be so excited if you could get curious about computers.

Thanks so much from Xander and his mom, Kelly.

Thanks so much for the email, Zander.

We are getting curious about computers this week for you.

And there is so much to learn about computers, so let's get started.

What's the question of the week?

The question of the week is, what was the first computer mouse made of when it was invented?

For those of you that might be unfamiliar with what a computer mouse is,

it's nothing like the rodent mouse,

a computer mouse is a small device that you can move on your desk that will move a pointer

on your computer monitor. Just about every mouse sold today is made of plastic, but when the mouse

was invented in 1964, it was made of something different. Can you

guess what it was made of? Simply put, a computer is an electronic machine that processes information.

So, what happens is that you put information into the computer, the computer works on the information

you gave it, and then the computer gives you something back after it completes the command

you gave it.

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