By David Ponce
If you don’t see the sheer brilliance of adding an LCD screen to a mouse, perhaps you should be elsewhere, reading about cute puppies instead. See, gamer/hacker extraordinaire Jani ?Japala? P?nkk? has managed to fit the screen of a Nokia 6610 into the back of a Logitech G5 laser mouse, and called it The LogiNoki. It requires the addition of three wires and is only capable of displaying 1 frame per second, but that’s enough for pictures and general stats. The additional wires are connected to a parallel port which feeds the info you choose to display.
For a blow by blow of how he did it, follow the linkola.
[The LogiNoki] VIA [TechEBlog]
Definitely a cool idea, but that’s sure a small screen.
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Mouse with LCD screen: perfect for… um, yeah…
Ticking “useless mouse enhancement” off our lists for this week is the LogiNoki, a computer mouse modified to sport an LCD screen. Working tirelessly to modify a Logitech G5……
They remove buttons dammi! MORE BUTTONS WE NEED MORE BUTTONS FOR GAMING NOT LESS! SHeesh GET A CLUE!
ummm.. Your hand will be over that screen. So whats the point?