NES Controller Laser Mouse 131
An anonymous reader writes "Old school is new school, fool. It's time to take that retired NES controller of yours that you broke so mercilessly smashing it on the carpet in frustration at never ever ever being able to beat Ikari Warriors, and recycle that biz. Be good to the environment and turn that thing into a laser mouse, why don't you? And yes, the A button is left click, and the B is your right, and your raging case of carpal tunnel is about to get a whole lot more fun."
An anonymous... (Score:1, Insightful)
Usefull? (Score:2, Insightful)
Yes, it seems kind-of-cool, but it seems to be the least comfortable mouse ever. You can't control the velocity of the pointer, and you are using the device that created the term "Nintendo thumb", because it is really bad to use all day long. Regular mice, however, doesn't give you that kind of pain.
Neat, but (Score:5, Insightful)
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It's not a laser mouse... (Score:2, Insightful)
IT Looks Cool But... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Unlike modern controllers (Score:2, Insightful)
A small word of advice:
Worry not what evil you may do to input devices. Only worry about what evil input devices may do to you.
If you've got a badly designed mouse or game controller that causes you RSI, then you have a problem. If OTOH a mouse or game controller crumbles under your constant abuse, who cares? Cheap plastic & electronics, easily replaced.Pathetic example of internet "journalism" (Score:5, Insightful)
So, the guy who put the time, money and effort into this hack gets virtually no credit for what he's done, but three other web sites make money off of him via banner ads.
(I'd link to the original site, but it's already collapsed under the weight of the combined Slashdotting/Engadgeting/Joystiqing.)
I weep for the state of internet "journalism" these days. Can't imagine why people still buy newspapers.
Re:Pathetic example of internet "journalism" (Score:2, Insightful)
Is it so they can all read the same reuters article printed under the same AP photo in every newspaper?