A Mouse You Can Wear On Your Finger

The computer has changed a lot over time and it has gotten as small and personal as people needed it to be. The mouse though hasn't changed much. Although there have been advancements in terms of the touch screen that makes the mouse virtually useless.

Here's a new twist on our old mouse though, the Magic mouse is a computer mouse worn on the finge rlike a ring. The electronics in the prototype fit in a space one inch square and weigh less than 10 grams. The band of the ring is a rechargeable lithium-polymer battery that can power the transmitter continuously for over two weeks.

Designed by a team of five WPI undergraduates, is one of 10 inventions honored with the inaugural PopSci Invention Awards, it is quite cool. According to their website,

Users can move the cursor about the screen simply by pointing and moving their index finger. Zooming is achieved by moving the hand nearer to or farther from the screen. Since both actions can be done simultaneously, the mouse makes it possible to work easily in three dimensions to pan and zoom through 3D maps, for example, or manipulate objects in computer-aided design (CAD) drawing packages. The mouse could also make game play more realistic and interactive, much as the novel 3D remote on the new Nintendo Wii game console has done. For more routine applications, like word processing and web surfing, the WPI students note that controlling a computer with hand gestures should make computer use more intuitive and less intimidating.

I'm not particularly interested, the mouse isn't really that big of a deal to me. Improvement on the keyboard would be much more appreciated