The Mouse Vanishes 292
countertrolling sends in a clip from Wired that begins "...researchers at MIT have found a method to let users click and scroll exactly the same way they would with a computer mouse, without the device actually being there. Cup your palm, move it around on a table and a cursor on the screen hovers. Tap on the table like you would click a real mouse, and the computer responds. It's one step beyond cordless. It's an invisible mouse. The project, called 'Mouseless,' uses an infrared laser beam and camera to track the movements of the palm and fingers and translate them into computer commands... A working prototype of the Mouseless system costs approximately $20 to build, says Pranav Mistry, who is leading the project."
forget mouseless (Score:5, Funny)
dpi (Score:4, Funny)
First... (Score:5, Funny)
...they came for my mouse's balls, and I said nothing.
Then they came for my mouse, and there was no one left to squeak up.
Re:Interesting applications (Score:2, Funny)
I'd prefer not to be a conductor for 8+ hours a day.
Re:forget mouseless (Score:5, Funny)
em.
gee.
that thing is the best thing.
I did a recent ranking of all the things and that one was the best.
Re:Why do we want this? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Interesting applications (Score:4, Funny)
Think of the arms you'd have... maybe nerds would finally break the stigma of the target of bullies! [slashdot.org]
Re:One day... (Score:2, Funny)
Well, yeah, if it's done in Windows...
Re:First... (Score:2, Funny)
..they came for my mouse's tail, and I said nothing
then
...they came for my mouse's balls, and I said nothing.
Then they came for my mouse, and there was no one left to squeak up.
Re:Arm cramps ahoy! (Score:5, Funny)
And my porn keeps scrolling rapidly up and down the screen!
Re:first! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:nails scratching the wood (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Mousterbate? (Score:4, Funny)
Your proposal is acceptable.
Re:Ergonomics hell. (Score:1, Funny)
Lift your hand and hold it limp.
Fag...
Re:Tappin to the music... (Score:5, Funny)
"I see you are holding a joystick. Starting World of Warcraft with videoconferencing enabled."
Re:Tappin to the music... (Score:5, Funny)
If only more of them had a clit...
Story of my life, man.
Re:I like holding the mouse over fake holding one! (Score:1, Funny)
Well you can couple this device with the newly invented desks, which provide a resisting force when you try to put your finger through them, that way you have a tactile feedback of when you clicked the button.
Re:Tappin to the music... (Score:3, Funny)
I also put my real mouse away when I'm using a text editor...otherwise he craps all over the keyboard.
You must have a smarter mouse though, mine is really bad at selecting any items other than cheese.
Re:One day... (Score:3, Funny)
The question is if you'd really want that kind of feedback or not.