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The Mice That Didn't Make It

Posted by timothy on from the does-anything-beat-a-logitech-marble-mouse? dept.

Harry writes "For every blockbuster of the mouse world (such as Microsoft and Logitech's big sellers) there have been countless mice that flopped, or never made it to market. Mice shaped like pyramids; mice shaped like Mickey; mice that doubled as numeric keypads or phones. Even one that sat on your steering wheel. I've rounded up some evocative patent drawings on twenty notable examples."

8 of 202 comments (clear)

  1. I'll stick with my blue M&M mouse . . . by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    . . . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/5921266/Blue-MandMs-mend-spinal-injuries.html

    . . . poor critter . . .

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  2. Re:Not Reading It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    because clicking on the word "next" 20 times is too laborious? You, sir, need a better mouse.

    Come to think of it, perhaps your current mouse is listed in the article...

  3. Re:Split article by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did you see the subtracts?

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  4. Re:Now is the time fob by geekoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    the "b" was the typo he was fixing for the demonstration.

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  5. Re:Not Reading It by thisnamestoolong · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes -- things like this have me working on perfecting the technology to deliver a punch to the face via TCP/IP.

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  6. Re:Not Reading It by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Meme error.
    <Zybl0re> get up
    <Zybl0re> get on up
    <Zybl0re> get up
    <Zybl0re> get on up
    * nmp3bot dances :D-<
    * nmp3bot dances :D|-<
    * nmp3bot dances :D/-<
    <[SA]HatfulOfHollow> i'm going to become rich and famous after i invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet

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  7. Re:Not Reading It by christianT · · Score: 2, Funny

    What??? Larger chunks??? And lose out on ad impressions? NEVER!

    1. Build Website
    2. Sell ad space on it
    3. Write Article
    4. Split it into 90 pieces
    5. Post article to said website
    6. ???
    7. Profit

  8. Re:Not Reading It by Shin-LaC · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, the first dance move is "* nmp3bot dances :D\-<", with a backslash. It doesn't show up in the current version of bash.org because programming is hard.