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Review of Hands Free Mouse

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the look-ma-no-hands dept.

SLDave wrote in to plug his review of NaturalPoint's hands free mouse that covered by Slashdot some time ago. It seems to work as advertised, using a camera to track your head and replace your mouse, but with a lot of caveats. Definitely worth a look for us truly lazy folks.

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  1. Hands free web surfing. by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny
    At long last, hands free web surfing. Just think of what you can do now that your not stuck with one hand on the mouse.

    On second thought, better not to think about that.

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  2. Hindu Plot by stoolpigeon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tell me this thing is not made in India and part of a plot to take over the world.

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  3. This being Slashdot... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny


    This being Slashdot, I'm wondering whether the subject means "Review of a hands-free mouse" or "Review of Hand's free mouse".

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  4. Looks promising....but by Sergeant+Beavis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Silver dots?!?

    I'm already the geek of my neighborhood, but if I forget to take those things off I'll never hear the end of it I'm sure.

    I'll pass since it isn't as precise as a mouse but I'm really taken by the concept. Especially if I can play CounterStrike or UnReal Tourney with it.

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  5. Re:Wouldn't it be better to track eye movement? by Indras · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, it would piss me off. I wouldn't be able to read anything, because the cursor would keep getting in the way!

    And let me guess, blink the left eye for a left click, and vice versa? Imagine the look on people's faces while doing a drag and drop!!

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  6. Multiprotocol slashdot effect by sTeF · · Score: 3, Funny

    whoohoo! slashdoted, but not only the webserver, but i guess also their smtp mail server. go slashdot, go!!!

    > There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.
    > Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.
    > An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

  7. Re:Warning! by Bob+McCown · · Score: 5, Funny

    And im combination with force-feedback, you can actually get injured next time you roll in NASCAR...

  8. Re:Wouldn't it be better to track eye movement? by Havokmon · · Score: 3, Funny
    Wouldn't it make more sense to track your eye movements, if I could *look* at the link on a page (lets say hold it in focus for one second) and follow the link life would be great.

    And how do you FOLLOW that link?

    Left Click = left blink Rt Click = rt blick
    So next time you're sitting in class trying to double click that icon, be sure your teacher is a least a LITTLE hot..

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  9. Great... by GriffX · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I can get carpal neck, as well...

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