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Wireless Mouse with no Batteries

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nothing-better-to-post-thanksgiving dept.

GI Joe writes "Hardcoreware.net have posted a review of a mouse with no batteries; it receives its charge through induction from the USB powered mousepad. Of course this means you must use the mouse on this mousepad, taking away some of the big advantages of a wireless mouse. However, they said that the mouse is otherwise very accurate, and has no lag at all since it uses RFID."

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  1. RFID? Don't they mean RF? by Trogre · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, BTW, FP!
    Ack, too many TLAs!

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  2. There goes that... by powerlinekid · · Score: 5, Funny

    See if the company was smart they'd leave "RFID" out of the documentation because all the tin foil hat nuts are going to freak about their mouse tracking brain patterns or something.

    Although now that I think about, I would like a mouse that tracked my brain patters. Free up an extra hand and such.

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    1. Re:There goes that... by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

      See if the company was smart they'd leave "RFID" out of the documentation because all the tin foil hat nuts are going to freak about their mouse tracking brain patterns or something.

      Holy shit! With this they can probably track every move you make at 600 dpi or more! When will they stop???

    2. Re:There goes that... by caino59 · · Score: 3, Funny
      Free up an extra hand and such.


      that would be helpfull for so many slashdotters....

      not only does it free up that hand, but your mind automagically goes to the proper pr0n page...
  3. Wait For The Other Shoe To Drop... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aaaaand in other news, Wacom files a multi-bazillion dollar patent infringement suit against A4Tech...

  4. Why complain? by serps · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't know about you, but i like wireless mice because they have no annoying wires, not because I feel constrained by having my mouse so close to the rest of my computer.

    However, the downside of wireless mice is changing batteries. It's annoying to stop to replace the batteries, especially when you're in the middle of round of CounterStrike, trying to defuse a bomb at the same time as not get shot at by AK47s.

    So, I'd love to buy this mouse, because otherwise, Terrorists Win!

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  5. RIAA.. they use the RFID tags to track you by ylikone · · Score: 3, Funny

    and the mousepad to "conveniently" electrocute you when you download those MP3s.

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  6. Re:why the hell? by sixy · · Score: 5, Funny
    Why in the hell would anyone want a wireless mouse but a wired mousepad? And I dont really like the idea that I cant use it on a metal desk. I'll stick to my wired ball-less 3 button mouse, thanks.
    They prefer to be called neutered.
  7. Afroman did it FIRST by s0rbix · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is not so original: Arnold and afroman did it first

  8. Technocluelessness by Clueless+Moron · · Score: 5, Funny
    I usually avoid wireless mice like the plague (even the vaunted MX900 and MX1000) due to mouse lag attributed to the use of RF communication.

    Right; this mouse uses Subspace Communication (tm Star Trek). Not this old-fashioned RF stuff.

    Whatever the BF does, it has essentially eliminated wireless mouse lag (I am guessing it has to do with the use of RFID

    Ah. "RFID". Cue the "Princess Bride" I-do-not-think-that-word-means-what-you-think-it means quotes.

    and the fact that the receiver is never further than a few inches from the mouse).

    Let's see, RF at 3E8 m/s will cover one inch in about... 85 picoseconds. Yes, I'm sure RF propagation has always been the cause of your lag. Definitely when your mouse is on the moon and the computer is on earth.

    Oh wait, I forgot. This device doesn't use RF. It uses... RFID.

    I give up.

  9. Re:Can you say RSI? by martinX · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... or looking at pr0n.

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  10. Re:Great for the paranoid by goon+america · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is an exciting new feature. You can just remove the files you don't want by dragging the mouse over them and clicking to delete! No OS involved.

  11. Re:RFID? Don't they mean RF? by anon*127.0.0.1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's why you set your mouse sensitivity to max, then edit the .cfg file to set it even higher, so that even when you're just resting your hand on your mouse, your pulse your gun twitch around like you're having a siezure.

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  12. Re:RFID? Don't they mean RF? by Aeiri · · Score: 2, Funny

    They even have wireless battery-less pens.

    What about pencils? I've always wanted one of those.

  13. Geared Balls... hehe by dj42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think I could keep a straight face in person discussing geared balls.

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  14. Re:Induction? What the hell? by op00to · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't do my own oil changes. Is there oil to change in a commuter train?