Five WPI undergrads have succeeded in building a better mouse. The
MagicMouse is a 3D mouse system the user wears as a ring and uses to to manipulate items on the computer by pointing at the monitor. Moving the cursor is as intuitive as moving the adorned hand across the screen, while zooming in and out is accomplished by moving it closer or farther away from the display. The MagicMouse's ability to work in three-dimensional space makes it particularly well-suited for use with
CAD projects and video games.
The mouse was the created for the students final project and is one of 10 inventions honored as part of the PopSci Invention
Awards cover story in the June 2007 issue of Popular Science. Despite the accolades, the students continue to work on the prototype and hope to add technology that allows you to perform more functions, such as clicking, by using hand gestures.
Video Demonstration [via Gizmag]
