The first computer mouse was a carved block of wood with two metal wheels.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

He says it is the first cell whose parent was in a computer.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

"We are here today to announce the first synthetic cell -- a cell made by starting with the digital code in the computer, building the chromosome from four bottles of chemicals, assembling that chromosome in yeast, transplanting it into a recipient bacterial cell and transforming that cell into a new bacterial species."

VOA: special.2010.07.20