Future mice
Microsoft is a big seller of computer mice and recently the company previewed some new concepts for the mouse interface. Gizmodo shows some of the ideas. You can see a video there along with some pictures of futuristic mice. The main technology theme seems to be using touch and gesture instead of clicks:
The name of the game is multitouch. The Applied Sciences Group at Microsoft—who helped create with Natal—are basically researching hand-cradled versions of the laptop trackpads and camera gesture systems that are evolving in parallel elsewhere. Though large populations of computer mice may be dying out because buyers prefer laptops over desktops, the mouse still roars in gaming and artistic fields.
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