Clammy Modding

japala writes "Some people tend to have cold hands while they type the keyboard or use the mouse. Equally as many suffer from sweaty palms and that feels really annoying while using the mouse. MetkuMods have made couple of tutorials in true DIY spirit that will try to make your life easier. These devices may have started as a joke but trust me, they do work. See the MouseFan and BreezePad."

Comments

What about sweaty fingers?

[Anonymous Coward]

Does anyone actually use their entire palm with their mouse? I've always used just my fingers so that only my wrist has to move around rather than my entire arm (insert masterbation jokes here).

Re:What about sweaty fingers?

[NASAKnight]

>> I've always used just my fingers so that only my wrist has to move around rather than my entire arm

Well, that's what most people do I think, including me. Though, in all actuality, you WANT to move your entire arm. Only moving your wrist is the way to get carpal tunnel, or at the very least get your wrist to bother you a little.

Stephen

if these things really work

[Nf1nk]

It hese work and it looks like they could. I think I would rather have this tech in my steering wheel on my car. I know that after about four hous driving my hands start to hurt from the moisture build up

MOD PARENT UP

[Anonymous Coward]

This is a very important aspect of ergonomics - keeping the wrist firm is something you'll learn whether you're training as a chef, assembly line worker, or in any company's IT department thats sufficiently caring/scared of repercussions.

Its a bit of a worry that the original poster got modded so high...

Oh, and I know slashdotters will want to keep their wrists in good condition ;)

patentable idea?

[Coneasfast]

It hit me that maybe this mousefan (and probably breezepad too) is a patentable idea in the USPTO. It's certainly more innovative than some of the other garbage that gets accepted.

Re:Now if only...

[kasperd]

nasty keyboard "spills"

Some keyboards can actually be disassembled and cleaned. Reassembling the keyboard is the tricky part. As soon as you have opened the keyboard, you will know if it is one of the easy or the difficult to reassemble. If there are more than 100 pieces scattered over the floor, it is going to be difficult. Trust me I have tried it. OTOH I actually have one keyboard where there were only five pieces inside. Easy to clean and reassemble. I have yet to find a shop, that will let me see how a keyboard looks inside before I buy it.