LiteON Making Moldable Mouse?

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Wait a minute, what is this? A mouse made of modeling clay that can be made into different shapes by the end user? Not sure if I want a mouse made of PlayDoh or not but some of you might think it is cool.

Moldable Mouse breaks the boundaries of the traditional mouse with its revolutionary design. Currently, all computer mouse products in the market are made with hard plastic, and their shapes are not universally adaptable to the human hand. Even the most advanced “ergonomically designed” mouse does not fit the preferences of every user.
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Looks like one of the concepts is a mock joystick? I don't know how this would work, especially fixed buttons or any of the other components. Little too T-1000, me thinks.
 
The buttons send out RFID signals to say on/off, this looks kind of cool. It only needs a
couple of things to make it really stand out,
A scroll wheel, useless as a gaming mouse otherwise (even a browser mouse needs it now)
MORE buttons, THIS is where it can really stand out, you can set up the mouse with as many buttons as you want, and place them all around until you get the setup you feel is perfect for you, I can see as many as 10 being used on a single mouse if you place them right.

The only thing I see against it is that it is a cordless/battery mouse, those usually seem to run down when you decide you WANT to play something (see my LogitechMX Laser)
So there needs to be one with a cord,
And lets dream for this to be under $50 while I'm at it
 
Then you have situations like that angry german kid. Mouse turns into a pancake? :p
 
My girlfriend says that it doesn't look like enough play-doh to form the shape that she most likes to grab onto and fits most naturally in her hand.
 
Tolyngee said:
My girlfriend says that it doesn't look like enough play-doh to form the shape that she most likes to grab onto and fits most naturally in her hand.
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Funny, she told me the same thing. jk. This is pretty cool. I'll buy one, maybe it'll help slow down my carpal tunnel if I can model perfectly to where my pain is the worse. And if it's relatively around $50.
 
Does it harden though? Sure fitting perfectly to your hand is good and all, but not if it changes shape everytime you grip it.
 
hl3395 said:
Does it harden though? Sure fitting perfectly to your hand is good and all, but not if it changes shape everytime you grip it.
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srangara said:
What were we talking about again?
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hahaha, please, don't answer that.. as for the mouse.. meh, i doubt it will be any more than a gimmick.. in terms of real usability it will fail
 
ssratt said:
A scroll wheel, useless as a gaming mouse otherwise (even a browser mouse needs it now)
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Read the whole article before criticizing next time, functionally speaking it has one. "touch-sensitive scroll pad". I agree that it needs more buttons added. For the battery issue I just keep my spares in a charger at my desk to swap out at need.
 
Make this a force feedback mouse and women around the world will be clamoring for it! :eek:
 
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