Inventor of the first laptop computer passes away at age 69

. Bill Moggridge, the man behind the first laptop computer, passed away at the age of 69 on Saturday following a battle with cancer, the Associated Press reported. Moggridge, a British-born designer, author and educator, created the Grid Compass clamshell computer in 1979. The computer, which sold for $8,150 when it was released in 1982, was encased in magnesium and used by the U.S. military and NASA.

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