Posted by
ryuzaki0
on from the to-much-spare-time dept.
linugen writes "How do you avoid those sweaty mouse hands after playing a game of Quake for a couple of hours? Sure, you could use the keyboard, but this site has a 'cool' alternative. It's in Finnish (I think), so the fish won't be able to help you. The pictures speak for themselves."
The problem with my mouse is not me, but my boss. For some reasons that are too difficult to grasp for my techhead, she just loves to play on my computer. The problem is, she never washes her hand after toilet, according to a female colleague who was horrified to see the boss play with my computer.
Now, only if I could get a mouse to wash and sanitize itself too....
I'm sorry, but the 5 volts used in this project is far too low voltage to cure that sort of behaviour. Try with a bit of electronics, a little transformer, and most of all, two fine electrodes on the upper surface of the rodent... For timing the effect, trigger it with one of the buttons.
...of course, the traditional varieties of mice never had this problem, as the natural fur coating would wick away unwanted moisture. But now that we have them overclocked and pumped full of steroids, we resort to these fancy technological measures and have forgotten about the simple, elegant solutions that nature has provided for us.
Pick a better subject!
by
fritter
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· Score: 5, Funny
I thought this was about a sexual harassment suit at Disney!
Another alternative: beta-blockers
by
ez76
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· Score: 4, Funny
Beta-adrenergic blocking agents can limit the physiological effects of Quake-borne adrenalin rushes (i.e. sweating and tremors). As medications that lighten the load on the heart, they are most often prescribed for hypertension, chest pain, and related cardiovascular stress ailments, but they have also historically been prescribed "off-label" for stagefright and other situations where one needs to "be calm." They are so effective at steadying your play that many professional gaming leagues forbid them explicitly (when money is on the line).
Re:Power Issues...
by
nEoN+nOoDlE
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· Score: 4, Funny
well, it's a good thing the fan will be there to put it out.
-- Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
Re:Ok... Ok... Hold on...
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2Bits
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· Score: 3, Funny
Comon... nice hack, but, get up and walk outside for a while.:-)... Thats all...
Ah, from this statement, we know you are not a real gamer. Dude, real gamers don't walk away from the game, this is about professionalism.
First Person Shooters (FPS) aren't the first thing I think of when I see this. It looks like it'd be more useful in First Person Bowling (FPB) sims. The hand-dryer-blower-thing is just that subtle element of realism that FPBs are always missing;)
- StaticLimit
Re:How about a wireless?
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Razzious
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· Score: 4, Funny
Not if you created on that used the heat emited from your skin as you were getting all heated up and converted it to usable electricity to power the fan inside. Then you could rig a generator up on the buttons to give more juice with each click.
Now add to it the rolling action you make and we have ourselves a powergenerator on your mousepad.
OK OK I am sorry don;t mod me down for this stupidity
-- Razzious Domini
I could be a GREAT KARMA WHORE if I could just shed the few morals I have left.
thats all we need
by
Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 2, Funny
another damn fan for cooling.
WHAT??? I CANT HEAR YOU!
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I kinda wonder if this idea will gain more of a foothold in the gaming industry, or the online pr0n industry...
Oh wait, is that sweaty palms or hairy palms?
The problem with my mouse is not me, but my boss. For some reasons that are too difficult to grasp for my techhead, she just loves to play on my computer. The problem is, she never washes her hand after toilet, according to a female colleague who was horrified to see the boss play with my computer.
Now, only if I could get a mouse to wash and sanitize itself too....
Now if I could just get a beowulf cluster of these, I could get rid of the central air in my house.
(ducking)
Move on. There's nothing to see here.
Bring back furry mice!
DO NOT LEAVE IT IS NOT REAL
I thought this was about a sexual harassment suit at Disney!
Beta-adrenergic blocking agents can limit the physiological effects of Quake-borne adrenalin rushes (i.e. sweating and tremors). As medications that lighten the load on the heart, they are most often prescribed for hypertension, chest pain, and related cardiovascular stress ailments, but they have also historically been prescribed "off-label" for stagefright and other situations where one needs to "be calm." They are so effective at steadying your play that many professional gaming leagues forbid them explicitly (when money is on the line).
well, it's a good thing the fan will be there to put it out.
Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
Comon... nice hack, but, get up and walk outside for a while.
Ah, from this statement, we know you are not a real gamer. Dude, real gamers don't walk away from the game, this is about professionalism.
First Person Shooters (FPS) aren't the first thing I think of when I see this. It looks like it'd be more useful in First Person Bowling (FPB) sims. The hand-dryer-blower-thing is just that subtle element of realism that FPBs are always missing ;)
- StaticLimit
Not if you created on that used the heat emited from your skin as you were getting all heated up and converted it to usable electricity to power the fan inside. Then you could rig a generator up on the buttons to give more juice with each click.
Now add to it the rolling action you make and we have ourselves a powergenerator on your mousepad.
OK OK I am sorry don;t mod me down for this stupidity
Razzious Domini
I could be a GREAT KARMA WHORE if I could just shed the few morals I have left.
another damn fan for cooling.
WHAT??? I CANT HEAR YOU!
And get fragged??? I think not... :-)
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