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- bryant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9No pics?
- swizzcheez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Last time I checked, 3d "flying" mice were already invented:
http://www.vrdepot.com/vrteclg.htm
There may be some innovations here, especially the wrist mounting and cost improvements, but prior art suggests that this may not really fall into the "invention" category of 3d flying mice (at least from my view, YMMV). Even the article's real headline says unveils -- the article never claims it as an invention.
Perhaps a nit, but an annoying one. Why is every little piece of technological evolution called an "invention" or a "technology"? It's like putting the term "good" in your slogan or product title as if the product can't stand up for itself.
Or maybe I'm just feeling grouchy this morning... - kday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Vaporware. This article is poorly written, and it doesn't make clear what this mouse actually does. It makes it sound like the mouse is hovering in the air or something. Technologies like this have been around since the early 90's, and they have never caught on. What makes people think that it will catch on now?
No thanks, I don't want to hold my hand in the air while working. If you want to experiment with some vaporware similar to this, pick up a nintendo power glove from 1991, and hack it:
http://www.zerosign.net/index.php/powerglove-mouse/
Then enjoy your 5 minutes of excitement by playing your favorite shooter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FslQ5tnXrjw&search=powerglove - msaleem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I have been looking for pictures myself. Will post a link as soon as I find them.
- lasvegas, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6As soon as I saw the Will remote... I thought wouldn't it be fun to use it as a mouse? I guess this is it.
Once the Wii remote becomes popular I would think we will see tons of motion controlled devices (not all will need to be 3D) - krewemaynard, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6ha, mice CAN fly! thank you XFCE! :)
- Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Scheduled for inclusion as a plot point in an upcoming movie sponsored by Nintendo about a boy who is very good at video games.."
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's not Wi-Fi. Wireless, yes, Wi-Fi, no. Wi-Fi is lingo for wireless networking. Would you say your radio is wifi? Your television? Your cellphone?
- tutivlahos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2One of sharps projectors has a device (wireless) like the wii control with a built-in gyroscope that you can use for presentation, I saw that 3 years ago. Why is the Taiwanese thing new?!
- toaste, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3http://www.gyration.com sells mice and other pointers which have been usable by waving the device in the air for years now. The only thing new here is an extra axis for 3d range.
- iDigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1aren't there cellphones that actually do use Wi-Fi technology (plus VoIP) ?!
- boycy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes, I think Madaxe's point was the mobile communication medium GSM is wireless, but NOT Wi-Fi. Some phones have Wi-Fi capability but it's not their primary comm's medium, it's an additional feature.
- iDigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i totally agree with the "flying mouse" thing
- ShrimpCrackers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The article doesn't even say it was "Invented" it says "unveiled". Thats totally different.
The innovation here is the low power consumption. The lab which I used to work at had a ball which you could manipulate to do the same thing, except the base required its own power adapter and had to be plugged in and the ball ran on 4 AA batteries.
Blame MSaleem for blowing something totally out of proportion and not reading his source properly. - jefffm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the powerglove?
- beedo34, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1for some reason i thought that it was actually a mouse. some sort of bionic rodent that is able to check his e-mail in the go.
needless to say, i was disappointed at the actual content of the article. - drigz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's what I was thinking, until I realised that it's not a flying mouse in the sense of like a robot mouse with helicopter blades, but just like a gyromouse...
- GrinningFool, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1From TA: "Other technologies include indicators, rolling mice and rolling mice."
I wonder if they include rolling mice along with that? - gr8fuldane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've been using a Gyro wireless mouse that communicates through RF from Gyration for a few years now. It's great for a media center PC. What is supposed to be the difference? It's a rather vague article.
- Machismo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is NOT an invention. The Wii-remote is, at its core, this same device. Even Nintendo did not invent it. It's been around for sometime, but never on the consumer marker.
FAIL. - TheSolomon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No, I don't think your grouchy. I completely agree. I think "invent" is a tad strong when there have been very similar variations for years. Reported as inaccurate (for the title).
- cedrick, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1 all true. but if they were dumb enough to make the mouse communicate with your machine via wireless router, then it would be wi-fi. RETARDED, i know, but still wi-fi.
- nahoda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0How in the world did this get dugg to the front page with no pictures? No digg from me!
- AlexApetrei, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1all new input methods are cool , especially 3D ones.
Well done to the taiwanese people for making this.
Article's a bit sketchy... but i'm here for the NEWS - cedrick, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2
wii-mote anyone? they really couldn't have chosen a better time for this... this... FLYING MOUSE. ok, yeah, sure. not only is it not the first (hell, i've seen home-made ones) but they dare start talking about it NOW?!?! we haven't even shaken off the amazement brought by the Wii and the ps3 let-downs. come on!!! is taiwan THAT isolated from the rest of the world?
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