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Your Entire PC In a Mouse
slash-sa writes: A Polish software and hardware developer has created a prototype computer which is entirely housed within a mouse. Dubbed the Mouse-Box, it works like a conventional mouse, but contains a processor, flash storage, an HDMI connection, and Wi-Fi connectivity. It is connected to a monitor via the HDMI interface and connects to an Internet connection through standard Wi-Fi.
This is clearly not intended to be a gaming device. When I get pissed off and wing my mouse across the room in frustration, I don't want to destroy my entire computer in the process.
Mouse will be hot (Not very hot but enough to sweat more)
I say, "Why not?"
It's a crazy idea. I don't think it's going to fly particularly well, but hey, if they want to try something unique and crazy, I'm not going to stop them.
I mean, ten years ago if you told me that one of the best ways to stream stuff to my TV was through a stick the size of a zagnut bar that plugged directly into my HDMI socket, I would've told you you were nuts.
Bring on the crazy ass designs. Let's see where this goes.
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
This. Replacing a 102-key device with a 2-key device is not progress. Point-and-click is really just point-and-grunt. Two grunts to double-click.
Obligatory Onion article.
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
Do you know that you left yourself wide open* for male anatomy jokes there?
* Not intended to be a "goat_" joke.
Table-ized A.I.
In the keyboard: Commodore-64 :-)
In a phone: Apple iPhone
In the monitor: Apple
In a flower-pot: Apple ("daisy monitor")
In a flash drive: pendrivelinux.com
In a mouse-pad: ?
In a power cord: ?
In a toaster: http://www.embeddedarm.com/sof...
In eye-glasses: Google-glass
In undies/bra: ?
In a coffee mug: ?
In a coffee maker: http://null-byte.wonderhowto.c...
In head-phones: ?
In a hat? (red hat
In green-eggs-and-ham: ?
Table-ized A.I.
Enjoy using a mouse with a bunch of cables attached to it. Not so ergonomic, you see...
As this mouse needs a display anyway, it'd be so much better to put the brains in something that doesn't move.
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
No screen on the mouse? Lame.