The people over at Celluon have decided that using a computer mouse is so yesterday, so they’ve come up with an alternative: your fingers. The evoMouse works the same way as those virtual laser keyboards we’ve all seen. Just put the device on a flat surface, and use your fingers to accomplish the usual tasks: click, double click, drag, and even more.
[Via OhGizmo]
wont take off. ppl wont use it
Have to agree. people have to set up something anyway, it's called a standard USB mouse. optical or otherwise. dont see how it's gunna reduce the repetetive stress injuries so no, it wont. and also, it would have to be cheaper and faster than the existing mouse in order for people to bother with it :/
probably not, but i still find myself wanting to just play with it.
probably not, but i still find myself wanting to just play with it.
Devices like this make it obvious that the mouse is pretty much perfect at doing it's job, and really can't be improved upon. This idea is a novel attempt, but isn't really making your computing life any easier.
Devices like this make it obvious that the mouse is pretty much perfect at doing it's job, and really can't be improved upon. This idea is a novel attempt, but isn't really making your computing life any easier.
As someone who actually has wrist problems, I can see how this would help me quite a bit. Even the Wowpen mouse I have, which is made to help with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, aggravates my median nerve to some degree, although not as badly as using the touchpad on my laptop. (It's almost like laptops were specifically engineered to cause wrist problems in those of us already prone to it.)
I would buy one. It may never be terribly popular, but I really don't care about that. I do care about minimizing the pain in my hand and wrist from using the computer. I have a feeling that in a few years, the kids who grew up with the internet will start feeling the same way.
Woah, that's pretty cool. If it really does work as well as a mouse, if not better, I can see how that would be cool. I wonder how it works?
Touch pads are a PITA to use, but at least they take up less space than a mouse. This seems to have a larger footprint than a mouse, but with the frustration of a touchpad! Oh BOY!
Niche market, never to be widely used.
When i choose my computer mouse i mostly have how it will function as a gaming mouse, and evomouse dosnt look like it would work for me.
I would think that the feeling associated with rubbing your finger(s) over a surface repeatedly would be irritating.
I have a feeling that in a few years, the kids who grew up with the world wide web will start feeling the same way.
Did anybody notice that the name looks more like "sell you one", I was laughing at the end xD (sorry, had to make a pointless and useless comment, that's in my trolling nature)
I kind of like the idea. But there probably won't be Linux drivers, so I don't have to worry about it anyway.
Is this a concept product or will it actually be for sale. I could see it being very useful with the virtual keyboard option
Is it wrong that I kind of want this simply because whenever they say 'evo-mouse' to me it sounds like 'evil-mouse'?
As someone with wrist problems though, I really wouldn't mind it this took off.
it sounds, quite good actually…but, it's almost as using a laptop mouse pad…
Will this also work on a iPad you think?