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The most sensitive, most easily manipulated and strongest muscle in the human body is your tongue. It can separate a tiny grain of sand from a mouthful of chewed food, can dislodge a wobbly tooth and can tie a knot, blind, in a cherry stem.
Controlling a mouse for your computer, using just your tongue,
should be a piece of cake with just a few minutes practice.
A correctly fitted mouthpiece, made from plastic with a softening point at say, 55degC or 12-15 degC above maximum body temperature, would allow you to set it to shape with hot water, before use. You can safely drink hot coffee with the mouse in, is what I'm getting at.
It's unlikely your boss would reach in over your shoulder and use your mouse ever again.
It operates by Bluetooth, of course.
Tongue Mouse
http://www.iop.org/...t/0960-1317/8/2/028
...and is based on piezoelectricity - how halfbakedly appropriate! [DrCurry, Feb 03 2008]
Prior Art
Mouse_20tooth
Differs only in mounting. [DrCurry, Feb 03 2008]
Weebl, Bob and Stephen
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/balance/
Poo poo poo, willys, bums, arses. [marklar, Feb 07 2008]
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I'll just say : vagina mouse, to stop people from posting that next. |
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I thought the strongest muscle was your heart...<3 |
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Wow, I can't do any of those things mentioned in the first paragraph with my tongue (well maybe I could dislodge a wobbly tooth, but I havent had one in a few years and hopefully won't ever have one again). |
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How will clicking, secondary clicking, and scrolling be accomplished? |
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I suggest that biting down on it and/or releasing it be part of controlling it. |
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Did you mean thermosetting, or did you mean don't drink coffee while using the mouse? |
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Thermosetting, like a football mouthguard. |
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Flavoured like a multi-layered gob-
stopper sweet, that gets smaller over time? |
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//can tie a knot, blind, in a cherry stem.// is sight helpful for this activity? |
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I just wanted to point out that "sir" is found in the phrase Thankyousir mayIpleasehaveanother . It is easy to overlook when you string it together quickly. |
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I like this idea and I bet it exists for quadriplegics. |
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Back to the idea: The big upside to this is it allows two hands free for typing, telephones and other tasks. Productivity increases. |
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// it allows two hands free for typing, telephones and...// |
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Just wondering what you'll be doing with the telephone while your mouth is full of mouse ? |
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Off-topic chitchat deleted. |
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There is a similar control method mentioned in Ringworld for the 2 headed goose-like thingy that has no arms. |
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This might be better titled "Tongue Mouse," as other forms of mouth mouse exist - sucking and blowing to control the computer, for example. |
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But I'm not getting why this is a new ideaat all - the disabled have been using the things for years. Moreover, we've covered it here before. |
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As for pissing off the boss, I think we've both been doing that for years, too, but I really thought you didn't have a boss these days. Are we talking "boss" in the marital sense? |
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Could also be called the "Mouthe" |
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Keeps reminding me of the acrostic MOSS MOUSE, which are the 9 principles of a well-fought war, as taught in one of two required ROTC courses in college.
Mass, objective, simplicity, security, maneuver, offensive, unity of command, surprise, and efficiency. |
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As a woman I think it would be worth popularizing simply so there would be more tongues out there that are conditioned to hours of vigorous movement. |
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Well, that explains how he seduced his nurse. |
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You... are... a... ver-ee... sick... man! |
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Ah, you've reminded me of my favourite 2 wobblesome characters [link] |
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I should think this would spawn a new breed of erotic computer games. |
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"Folksinger Hero" v0.0 Hoe-down for the Wii. |
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...and its cousins, "Scat Hero" and "Super Auctioneer Brothers." |
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