The Mouse Vanishes

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Posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @05:12AM from the yesterday-upon-the-stair dept.

countertrolling sends in a clip from Wired that begins "...researchers at MIT have found a method to let users click and scroll exactly the same way they would with a computer mouse, without the device actually being there. Cup your palm, move it around on a table and a cursor on the screen hovers. Tap on the table like you would click a real mouse, and the computer responds. It's one step beyond cordless. It's an invisible mouse. The project, called 'Mouseless,' uses an infrared laser beam and camera to track the movements of the palm and fingers and translate them into computer commands... A working prototype of the Mouseless system costs approximately $20 to build, says Pranav Mistry, who is leading the project."

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forget mouseless by easterberry · 2010-07-13 05:15 · Score: 4, Funny

When can I get an invisible monitor? That's where the 1337 hackers are at!
1. Re:forget mouseless by easterberry · 2010-07-13 05:26 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  oh.
  em.
  gee.
  that thing is the best thing.
  I did a recent ranking of all the things and that one was the best.
First... by MrEricSir · 2010-07-13 05:22 · Score: 5, Funny

...they came for my mouse's balls, and I said nothing.
Then they came for my mouse, and there was no one left to squeak up.

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Re:Arm cramps ahoy! by boristdog · 2010-07-13 05:50 · Score: 5, Funny

And my porn keeps scrolling rapidly up and down the screen!
Re:Mousterbate? by countertrolling · 2010-07-13 06:26 · Score: 4, Funny

Your proposal is acceptable.

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Re:Tappin to the music... by Yvan256 · 2010-07-13 06:40 · Score: 5, Funny

"I see you are holding a joystick. Starting World of Warcraft with videoconferencing enabled."
Re:Tappin to the music... by Beardo+the+Bearded · 2010-07-13 06:45 · Score: 4, Funny

If only more of them had a clit...
Story of my life, man.

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