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From: pierce@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Brad Pierce)
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Subject: Re: Mouse cord nuisance from lap (was Re: Monitors: What Next?)
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Date: 24 Oct 88 04:30:37 GMT
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In article <1893@puff.cs.wisc.edu> ebert@puff.WISC.EDU (Robert Ebert) writes:
>
>One other, unmentioned problem with putting the sensor in the mouse pad and
>not in the mouse -- picking it up.  I can pick up my mouse, move it, put it
>down, etc. all without moving the cursor.  Graphics tablets/koala pads are
>sensitive to position relative to the pad, not movement of the mouse.
>   Besides, I'd hate to play Crystal Quest on a tablet. . .
>				-- Bob

So I guess what everyone really wants is a cellular mouse, communicating
by radio with a mouse hook which is physically connected to the NeXT box.
The mouse could be either mechanical or optical, it would send the same
information as always, just through a different medium. 

You thought driving and talking on a cellular phone could be dangerous; just
wait until people stick a power source and their NeXT box in the trunk,
listen to synthesized sound on their headphones, and communicate with the
computer through voice commands and a cellular mouse on the dashboard.

-- Brad