The name of the FOOTIME Foot Mouse pretty much says it all. By placing these USB powered devices on the floor beneath your desk you can use your feet to control your mouse leaving you hands free for “other things”.

One foot can control the movement of the mouse while the other uses large buttons that control tasks such as left clicking, right clicking and even to simulate a double click. There is also a side-to-side scroll wheel that actual controls up and down movements like a mouse wheel would. There are also a couple of programmable buttons on the FOOTIME foot mouse to make some custom, foot-powered shortcuts.

If you’re coordinated enough this might be handy to control multiple gaming characters or anything that requires you to use a mouse by avoiding the need to take your hands off the keyboard.

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The Logitech VX Nano mouse is the latest cordless mouse from Logitech targeting notebook users. The Nano part of the name refers does not refer to the actual mouse but to the little USB receiver. Logitech is calling it the “plug and forget” mouse since the receiver plugs into your USB port and only sticks out 8mm, keeping it almost flush with the notebook in many cases. Most USB receivers protrude out quite a bit more requiring you to unplug them when you put your notebook away, but this one could potentially be left plugged in all the time without worry of it breaking off.

Aside from the nice low-profile receiver, the VX Nano also has that cool precision scroll wheel we saw on the MX Revolution from Logitech last year. The precision scroll wheel has two modes letting you scroll …

Logitech has launched a new product today that will help further integrate computers into home entertainment centers. The new handheld gadget is a essential a mouse and Logitech is calling it an air mouse, or the MX Air Mouse to be exact.

On a desktop surface the Air Mouse works pretty much like any other mouse using laser tracking to detect movement along with right and left click buttons. The difference between this and other similar devices is that it also works while being held in the air by recognizing specific hand gestures. The company claims that the mouse can even distinguish between normal hand movement and the deliberate gestures controlling operations on your computer.

We’ve seen other motion sensitive mice before that can sense movement and make the cursor react appropriately, but Logitech says the MX Air Mouse uses something a little different called …

This mouse is touted as eco-friendly since it’s made out of bamboo instead of a plastic outer shell like most mouses. It’s an optical mouse (not wireless), has a right and left button and a scroll wheel. The catalog page talks about many benefits of bamboo, such as how hard the material is, how Panda’s don’t eat this type, how fast it grows and how it consumes an extra amount of hydrogen. The inner parts are probably still made out of metal and plastic, though.

This bamboo mouse would be a great accompaniment on your desk next to your other wooden peripherals or your wooden radio. This bamboo mouse can make it to your neck of the woods for about $34.

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According to a filing with the USPTO it looks like Apple is looking to extend their touch screen technology beyond the iPhone and use it in a new mouse design.

According to the filing this mouse has a touch sensitive surface that works through a camera inside the mouse viewing an illuminated surface. The changes in illumination due to fingers on the mouse would indicate the “touches”, and pressing harder would signal things like a right or left button press, since this mouse has no buttons.

The touch sensitive mouse would then be able to identify different movements of your hand and fingers on the mouse to indicate different actions of moving or rotating things on the computer. It also could potentially be used as a security and user identification tool by identifying unique fingers, and customizing the user experience and access …

After decorating your desk with the USB engine hub you can round out your automotive theme with this TVR Tuscan street mouse.

This wireless optical mouse features working, always-on headlights, brake lights that come on when the mouse is being used, chrome wheels and tinted windows. The car shaped mouse has right and left mouse buttons that are on the hood and a scroll wheel that sticks up through the center of the hood like it’s part of the engine. The wireless TVR Tuscan Street Mouse runs £20.00 (about $40 USD) from Red5.

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We wouldn’t have believed it unless we saw it with our own eyes: the world’s first washable mouse.

Belkin is set to roll out its Washable Mouse come August and just as the name states you can rinse this scroller off underneath a tap and it will still work fine once you plug it back in. The USB mouse is designed for scrolling horizontally and vertically and works on a variety of surfaces including wood and upholstery.

You can also bag your new mouse inside Belkin’s Mouse Trap, a pouch that you can zip up and take your mouse and its essentials with you wherever you go. The Mouse Trap comes in four color combos and is also hand washable too.

The H2O compatible mouse will retail for $29.99 while the Mouse Trap goes for $12.99 and is available now.

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Microsoft released news of a new keyboard and mouse combination targeting those that are at the computer for extended periods of time and could benefit from a more ergonomic design. The Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 bundles the Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 with the Wireless Mouse 6000 together for a $150 package that should hit shelves in July.

Both components of the ergonomic desktop connect through 2.4 GHz RF-wireless connections with a USB receiver. The keyboard keys has a winged design which according to Microsoft will give your hands a more natural position while typing, and the mouse fits your hand “as naturally as a handshake”.

The mouse has a number of nice features including 4-way scrolling, an instant viewer to navigate between open windows (Alt-Tab too tough?), a magnifier to catch that small print and a both pieces have a battery life …

Salient Technology has a wireless mouse shaped a like a large pen with a rubberized grip which addresses a lot of complaints designers have with using the traditional mouse. Some common complaints include difficulty doing any type of drawing or detailed work with a traditionally shaped mouse, that they often take up a significant amount of desk space and that wires are always in the way.

This V-Mouse model (VM-203) uses RF communication to run wireless and has a rechargeable Li battery that charges up through a USB connection. It even has two buttons to work like the right and left buttons of a standard mouse and can simulate the third button scrolling. It’s compatible with Windows and Mac OS’s and can transmit its signal to a USB 1.1 dongle from up to 10 meters away. The V-Mouse wireless pen mouse (Designer …

This Ci70 wireless desktop set from Kensington has got to be the sleekest and thinest we’ve seen, and definitely had the minimalist in mind when designed.

The footprint on the keyboard is 40% smaller than standard multimedia keyboards and even the mouse runs anorexic at 35% of the average size. When not in use the mouse docks neatly in the keyboard to save space and conserve power. An automatic sleep timer also helps conserve energy and saves on wear of the optical sensor.

The wireless desktop works with Windows and Mac computers and has both an Eject button and a Windows start menu button, where usually a keyboard would have one or the other but seldom both. They also both run off of a single USB receiver to help against needing a 16 port USB hub. To top it …

The Chinese company Hanwang recently showed of this odd looking mouse at CHITEC 2007 in Beijing. The device works like a standard mouse complete with right and left buttons and a centered click-wheel, but the center has been carved out to make some room for a small tablet in the center. The name is equally odd - the ‘T&MOUSE’.

It appears that the center tablet pad can be used with a type of stylus to draw lines, but I can’t imagine someone could create too elaborate of drawings with the restricted area, much less a signature or anything. I’ll bet you could draw some wicked circles, though. Even the area around it looks a little cumbersome to use since it’s sunken down into the mouse. I draw poorly enough the way it is and I don’t think I need any help from …

Hours of coding or playing EverQuest and lack of exercise commonly go hand in hand to promote growth of the waistline of sedentary computer users (like myself). This can usually lead to bad health problems down the road with various parts of your body such as your ticker. Designer Kawok Lau thinks the answer to salvation might lie in your mouse.

That’s right - your computer mouse. Lau has cooked up what is being called the Heartbeat Indicator Mouse. This regular, wireless mouse activates when a person goes to use it by calling upon built-in sensors below the thumb and palm to take one’s heartbeat. The results of your pulse are displayed on a USB device with a LCD screen which you can position on your desktop so you see exactly how often someone’s annoying email spikes your heart rate. This same display will tell you how …

Razer Pro Solutions creates a number of precision products, including high precision mice along with mouse pads to allow a wide range of precision for different levels of required movement and accuracy.

The Pro Click Mobile mouse is a wireless Bluetooth notebook mouse with a high level of precision in movement to allow its use restricted spaces. Using your notebook on an airplane is a common place where a traditional wireless mouse is just not practical, and you usually end up becoming an expert with the touch sensitive pad or trackpoint device.

This small precision mobile mouse has a 1200 dpi optical sensor that requires only an inch or so of desk space wiggle room to navigate your pointer across the entire width of the screen. It also has an ambidextrous design to allow use by both right handers and south paws.

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When I first saw news of this mouse come across our desks showing that it was Vista certified, I quickly wanted to look into what cool new features it had. We’ve seen some “special” keyboards that were equipped with additional shortcut keys used specifically for the Windows Vista OS, so this logically must have some cool new features which uniquely integrate it with Vista, right?

Well, not so much. This USB 1.1 mouse named ZOFFY from Sigma APO does have vertical and horizontal scroll, an adjustable 800/1600 dpi laser, and a rubber grip. Also, there is no driver installation necessary for the Windows Vista OS due to this certification no doubt, but there is a driver available should you want to use ZOFFY on another OS.

The ZOFFY Vista Certified mouse comes in colors of red, black, blue and silver and is expected to …

This Vertical Mouse 2 has a unique ergonomic design that gives the users hand a more natural position while using it, instead of twisting the forearm as with most conventional mice.

The design requires holding the mouse much like you would a cup, with fingers on the side to access the right and left buttons and the scroll wheel. This does seem like it would be a more natural and comfortable position, but it may make some of of the finer movements a little more difficult, especially the forward and back motion.

Also, most mice are designed for use with either the right or left hand; you would want to be sure to get the correct one. Overall this is an interesting design that would be worth trying out.

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