Footime Mouse Lets You Operate Your Mouse Hands-free, Not Feet-free

Haroon Malik — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:05:00 EST

So, you're at your desk typing away, but what are your feet doing? If they're wandering about aimlessly, put them to work by investing in a Footime Mouse, which allows you to control your cursor by using feet-based gestures. Retailing at $199, the Footime Mouse could actually provide great functionality for those with physical disabilities, or alternatively, it could help the chronically bored dispose of some free time.

The package contains two units; the first straps onto your right foot and is used as the tracker, whilst the second has two rows of programmable buttons and a scroll wheel. Both of the units connect via USB and the gadget is Windows compatible only. One thing is for sure—you wouldn't want to take a sniff of the foot mouse after a hard day's web surfing, and what's the point of surfing the web if you can't have a good mouse sniff thereafter? [PC Watch]

Gravitonus Workstation Gets Disabled-Friendly Add-on

Travis Hudson — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:42:44 EST

The Gravitonus is one hell of a workstation that keeps the user in the most ergonomically optimized position at all times. This workstation is now being adapted for quadriplegics with the addition of ACCS, or alternative computer control system. Basically, a control unit is placed in the mouth that does all of the work and still allows for breathing, drinking, talking, smoking, etc. The addition fo ACCS for the paralyzed is definitely a plus, but I'm still amazed with the actual workstation. Jump to see a video of the original Gravitonus in action.

–Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via MedGadget]

Gizmodo: disability

Footime Mouse Lets You Operate Your Mouse Hands-free, Not Feet-free

Gravitonus Workstation Gets Disabled-Friendly Add-on