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Simtrix Swiftpoint Slider Mouse Uses Your Keyboard for a Mousepad

The Simtrix Slider joins the list of strange pointing devices like the finger mouse designed for mobile computing. Held between thumb and finger, it's designed to slide right over the keys on your laptop, making the whole keyboard a mousepad. Supposedly this offers efficiency savings, as your hands don't have to dart off to a touchpad or grab a mouse, and Simtrix says it may reduce the risk of RSI. Seems like a good idea, though we wonder how you avoid dt causing typos dçe] by ?- rando,m keypresse;'ss. No idea when you'll see it as a real product. [Simtrix via PCPro]

7:30 AM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Kit Eaton
9,035 views, 10 comments

Latest by n/a: I saw this on the stand at CeBit today and it was actually pretty amazing. You do a test with a touch pad and then their swiftpoint and the swiftpoint blows the touch pad out of the water...and I'm a more »

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Avago Creates Hybrid Pointing Device, Destined for Harmony Remotes?

Betting that someday soon there will be computers in home theaters, Avago Technologies created an input device module that works like a mouse, scroll wheel or joystick depending on your situation and preference. Keep in mind, we're not talking about the picture of the remote here, just that little black circular input device. But this picture above has caused a bit of a stir, because its user interface and button layout is similar to the one used in today's Logitech Harmony 880 remote controls. More »

10:50 AM on Mon Aug 6 2007
By Charlie White
1,847 views, 4 comments

Latest by n/a: bukkake is a natural and beautiful thing. more »

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MicroNav 360: World's Tiniest Mouse

With electronics manufacturers constantly striving to make everything smaller, here's the latest shrinkage, a pointing device destined for handheld devices, cellphones and such, called MicroNav 360. This OEM pointing device is 10mm square and scarcely thicker than 1mm, which makes it about the size of your pinky fingertip. More »

10:56 AM on Mon May 1 2006
By Charlie White
356 views, 4 comments