Logitech Gives A Mouse A Laser

Kaveh writes "Looks like Logitech has introduced a successor to its popular MX line of cordless mice. In addition to a more ergonomic design, lithium ion battery, tilt wheel (read horizontal scrolling), and battery indicating LEDs, this mouse introduces laser technology. According to the Logitech this allows the MX1000 to be 20x more precise than optical mice, not to mention work on any surface, including a mirror! Check out the 3DGPU forums for pics and more info."

Comments

LASER

[Anonymous Coward]

With the Dr. Evil finger quotes: Cool, a mouse with a "LAAAASER!!"

Re:LASER

[MyDixieWrecked]

damnit, that was the first thing I thought of.... only...

I want mice with a fricken laser attached to its head.

but now for a real post:

I really dig this idea. Being able to annihilate your roommates with your mouse? I've always had the need to take out the obnoxious kids I live with when they play their shit music.

could this double as a laser pointer? Imagine a cordless laser-driven mouse that also had pointing capabilities for presentations and such. that'd be rad.

Oh, they mean computer mice

[ndogg]

I really was hoping for mice with frickin' lasers on their headers. Darn.

Re:Oh, they mean computer mice

[Bob Cat - NYMPHS]

On their headers?

Man, you been coding too long. Go outside for a while.

Re:Oh, they mean computer mice

[TheContact]

// file: mice.h
#include "frickin_lasers.h" ...

I hope I've made your day. :)

Re:Oh, they mean computer mice

[sharkey]

The Yellow face, it BURNSSSSS us!

"this mouse introduces laser technology."

[sulli]

For decades, science fiction writers and futurists alike have been predicting the day that laser technology would finally come to fruition. Who would have thought that it would be Logitech to at last bring laser technology to market, and that it would be a lowly mouse that would make it possible?

With this breakthrough, Logitech truly enters the forefront of American innovation. We should all look to Logitech for inspiration.

Potential danger?

[FiReaNGeL]

Dangerous! You know, the "I'll clean my mouse" routine... flip mouse toward face... arghhh! My eyes!

Of course, if you`re lucky AND already have bad vision, you could just laser-correct your problem, i guess :) 2000$ saved, 50$ investment, Do It Yourself! Isn`t technology cool?

Re:Give a mouse a laser...

[MikeXpop]

Give a mouse a shark, he'll want a pool.

Give a mouse a pool, he'll want an underground labratory to put them all in.

Give a mouse an underground lab, he'll want a laptop with wifi to take over the world.

Give a mouse a laptop with wifi, he'll want a coffee table to set it on.

Give a mouse a table to set it on, he'll want an optical mouse that works with the glass.

Give a mouse the new Logitech.

???

Profit.

Re:Does It Fix This Problem?

[orthogonal]

The only thing I do not like is the weird quark all optical mice have.

Ahem.

I think you meant strange quark .

Sorry, correcting incorrect assumptions about physics is a strange quirk. of mine. :)

Mice and What They're Good For

[captnitro]

Does it ever make you wonder 'what if computing advanced like mice do'? In some ways, they do, but I mean, we have wireless mice, wireless optical and laser mice, wireless optical laser geneboosted mice that have nine buttons with integrated phone features, and they're all totally transparent, incredibly essential cruxes of the modern computing experience.

can we get somebody from the mouse department over to the HD storage density department? Or the hardware installation department, because I still have to visit my grandfather every time he needs to install RAM. Perhaps, even, we should transfer the entire mouse department over to the user interface department, so they can explain to me why 'Exit' is for the love of god still after 20 years in the 'File' menu (Mac users, you're OK on this one). Those two, after all, have a lot to do with each other. Finally, they could stop over at the Windows dev group and explain to them that I should not have to notify Windows of my intention to disconnect my fully hotswappable device.

I could go on, but I think you get the idea.

Needed warning label

[dougmc]

Do not look into laser with remaining eye

(No, it's not mine. And the laser isn't likely to have enough power to really hurt anybody's eye. But it still seems appropriate. :)

Re:Give a mouse a laser...

[Dizzle]

INFORMATIVE!?

Re:Ya know...

[MyDixieWrecked]

I might also want a mirrored table in the first place.

damn cocaine addict!

Re:Finally!

[prockcore]

or a tilt switch.

Yes! Dangerous eye melting lasers combined with mercury! I like your style.

Now let's just make it small enough to be a choking hazard.

Re:20x more precise

[Barlo_Mung_42]

I know and I agree. But.
*sigh*
I'm still gonna have to get one.

Or you could go the MasterCard approach...

[Ignominious Cow Herd]

Mechanical mouse with rubber ball that gets gummed up with dust and crud: $19.00

Optical mouse that doesn't work well on many surfaces: $39.00

Laser mouse that works on any surface and spawns lots of "frickin laser" jokes: Priceless.

Re:Or you could go the MasterCard approach...

[dorsey]

The Cease and Desist letter from Mastercard will be arriving in your mail shortly.

Re:A mirror?

[Fizzl]

I just imagined myself using a laser mouse on a glass table. Damn that would be hilarious.

I have a cat. It already goes wild with ordinary flashlight. With a tiny laser dot jumping under my desk a mayhem would ensue.

Goodbye tangled cabling I have under my desk.

speaking of the intellimouse...

[SethJohnson]

I was working on a virus the other day. I thought it would be cool to write a virus that would replace the Intellimouse USB driver with a full-blown scanner and OCR combination. I was going to have this virus then post any text the mouse was hovering over on peoples' desks to an IRC channel. You know, it would be interesting / valuable to see what documents people had laying on the surface of their desks.

So I was disassembling the Intellimouse USB driver just to see if I would have to build mine from scratch or if I could patch into the existing binary.

Well, to my extreme surprise, I was late to market with my innovation: Microsoft has already built this into their driver! Somewhere in Redmond, there's got to be a room with guys staring at screens going, "Goddamnit Cheney! Push the mouse a little more to the left! We still need three more digits of the nuclear launch codes!"