Eric Michelman

Eric Michelman, a graduate from MIT, is credited with inventing the now commonplace computer input device known as the scroll wheel.

I had the idea that perhaps a richer input device would help.” [1] Michelman initially looked to add a 'zoom-lever' for the left hand to control while navigating the Microsoft GUI.

In 2007 Logitech combined all of these technologies and more when the company released a 7-button, 2-wheel, fully customizable mousing device aptly named "MX Revolution."

Michelman has also been prolific in participating in the production of patents pertaining to different ergonomic and navigability properties of computer input implements.

In 2015 More Than Scientists was founded by Eric Michelman, its director, and Dargan Frierson, associate professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington.