Comments on: Evomouse

By: nomuse

nomuse — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:15:00 +0000

That looks both cool and stupid. The tech is elegant but I have to say people wiggling a finger around on their desk just looks lame. I can’t imagine Hollywood enjoying the challenge of making THAT look properly heroic when next they have to show computers being used.

But on the gripping hand, I haven’t used a mouse in decades myself. Hate the things.

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:17:29 +0000

Looks like this would be ergomically far superior to any mouse I’ve ever tried and thus lower the amount of carpal damage people can suffer.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:58:52 +0000

Remember having to clean those suede pads on the bottom every so often? I kept a small brass brush at the computer for that purpose.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:15:11 +0000

Ken, I had one of those mice as well, and I remember having to re-learn what “optical mouse” meant when the other kind of optical mouse became known to me (probably a few years after it came out)

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:05:44 +0000

I’ve wanted a virtual keyboard ever since reading about the idea in a Harry Harrison novel (on a computer that was worn as a pendant around the neck, also using a virtual display). I never did try that unit that came out several years ago since I heard it didn’t work well. From the video it looks like this will do that trick as well.

I’m not sure I would want a virtual mouse/keyboard for my desktop system. Maybe the mouse would just take getting used to, yet I don’t see how this saves at all on space if just used as a mouse.

I would love a well implemented unit for my handheld computer (which, annoyingly, also has a phone built in). For that, however, the size and form factor of the base seems awkward.

On a side note, they said that optical mice were introduced to consumers in the ’90s. My first mouse-enabled home computer used an optical mouse in the mid ’80s. It required a special mousepad with a reflective background and grid pattern on it and was made by Imsi as I recall.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:57:14 +0000

If its a mouse, it will work on Linux with zero difficulty. (Linux is actually more configurable vis-a-vis mice and other pointing devices than any other system) I assume that it outputs the same data a mouse outputs. If not, it’s a piece of crap and should not be let near any computer.

By: Marion Delgado

Marion Delgado — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:44:10 +0000

I want one if they’re not pricey. It actually seems uebercool. My only fear is it’ll be a PITA to get to work with Ubuntu.

By: itzac

itzac — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:03:16 +0000

This looks like it behaves a good deal more like a laptop touchpad than a mouse. It’s a cool idea, and it looks fairly well executed, but it’s hard to tell from the video how well it performs.

By: NewEnglandBob

NewEnglandBob — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:14:14 +0000

I was skeptical if this is real but there are plenty of Google search entries, so I guess so.

Interesting.

By: idahogie

idahogie — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:01:48 +0000

This looks like one of those things that seems clever and handy at first, but is frustrating in practice. I think I'll hold on to my mouse for now.