I have seen some weird ideas before but this one takes the cake. ChengDaLi (CDL), a China tech company, is selling a heated mouse. When I read this I had just one question, “What purpose does this serve?” I guess there must be a lot of people out there that get a cold hand when using a mouse. I know some people get sweaty palms but that’s another issue — and one that’s already been addressed.
You would think most people would just wear a glove on their mouse hand if coldness was an issue. Also, what about the hand that doesn’t have a heated mouse, do you let that one get cold or do they sell a heated keyboard? Maybe there’s a demand for these in the frozen wastes of outer Mongolia.
We’re selling heated computer accessoires for some years now (several models of a heated mouse, heated mousepad, heated gloves, heated slippers,…) – we ship worldwide.
My laptop comes with a heated keyboard… I figured it was only a matter of time before this “technology” was applied to mice and other devices.
Jon
http://dreamclue.com …get the message!
If you suffer from cold fingers, arthritis or carpal tunnel, you have to have a warm mouse.
http://www.warmmouse.com
There is also a heated mousepad available now at our online store:
http://www.comfortable-computing.com
Actually I’ve had one of these and they are wonderful! I routinely work in a cold building (energy savings my butt), I generally have just bad circulation. No carpal tunnel, no arthritis, etc. Gloves are awkward with a scroll wheel (something I rely heavily on) and make typing clumsy when I do need to type. The mouse was perfect. I’m going to have to look into that keyboard now!
P.S. Heated mouse pads are useless since your hands don’t actually /touch/ the pad.