"Bill Moggridge, the London-born industrial designer credited with creating the first laptop computer,died on Saturday [http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/laptop-inventor-moggridge-dies-92003] aged 69 after a battle with cancer. Moggridge is best known as the creator of the GRiD Compass, a device which introduced many of the design traits used in modern laptops, including the hinged case, the flat display and the low-profile keyboard. Moggridge said that when he tested the device prototype in 1981, it was the first time he had used a computer."

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