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Seven Color LED Mousepad

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the concentrate-on-the-hypnotic-colors dept.

VL writes "If you're into LED mousepads, but one color isn't enough... how about one that has seven that you can choose from with a press of a button? " Gotta admit, it looks pretty nifty.

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  1. Re:Hello its colour not color by glpierce · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "... when Americans decide to change english words to better suit their educational needs, ie to save money."

    History lesson: Noah Webster (of Merrian-Webster, the big American dictionary maker) took it upon himself to revise the language. He removed superfluous letters (such as the 'u' in armour or colour), among other things. His revisions are the basis of modern American English, and he died nearly 200 years ago. Americans aren't choosing new spellings, they're sticking with their history.

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  2. LEDs... by NemosomeN · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Won't blinking LEDs make an optical mouse go crazy? And on a related note, why is the article on a mousepad SO FREAKING LONG.

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  3. Control of colours via USB by landoltjp · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Since the pad draws power from a USB connection, it would be cool if the colours could be controlled via the USB port as well.

    With a simple API, it should be easy to change the colours on the fly, going from blue to red (or whatever) depending on different 'threat' conditions.

    1. Re:Control of colours via USB by phildog · · Score: 2, Interesting
      Great point. By giving this thing a simple API you could transform it from a cheap parlor trick to a useful information device. Glowing red when your server gets slashdotted perhaps?

      Along those lines, these guys make some great products but come on, a cellular modem embedded in every device? Why not lower the cost significantly and just have the damn thing plug into your computer. Sheesh.

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  4. Unreal Tourny... by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What would be cool would be to computer control it to switch up a notch as you progress through Double Kill, Multi Kill, Monster Kill, GOOOOOODLIKE...etc.

    Green for normal state, progressing through Green/Amber to ultra-bright, pulsating Red. Shit, you could just get so pumped, even without a mod for your headphones to jack up the volume in sync with the light...

  5. Re:Mouse Pad? by kalayl · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm an optical mouse user too, but there's some things that an optical will never trump a rollerball mouse on:

    I remember when I would hear footsteps from behind in Quake (insert-preferred-version-number-here) and could flick my mouse left or right, lift it up ('cause I'd run out of runway), and the ball would have just that little bit of momentum left in it, causing the dude to continue spinning round just enough for me to get my mouse back on the ground. Saved my bacon many a time.

  6. Sun. by Game+Genie · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I still use my old Sun optical mousepad. Works great, and sure is pretty. Besides, it's the only Sun hardware I have that is still good for production use.

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  7. Patent by japala · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Now we are just waiting to see what company patents the "idea" first. Something in the lines of Antec and Led Fans. Too bad that I didn't have enough money for patent when I invented these lighted mousepads (GlowPad) back in 2001. Now I'm holding my breath and waiting when the first BreezePad comes out. ;)