I logged on to the halfbakery from a lap top computer on the weekend, (I find it's just not possible to be bored and next to a computer without perusing at least a couple of ideas), and I found that I missed using a mouse more than I thought I would.Now I know you can get a plug in mouse to use with a lap top, but why not an inflatable/deflatable mouse that lives in a tiny compartment inside?
See this way you wouldn’t miss your mou...I mean your mouse wouldn’t miss you.-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Aug 02 2005 Similar expandable_20laptop_20mouse [half, Aug 03 2005] Picture of an HP OmniBook 600 http://member.hitel...600c/ob_running.jpgNote the mouse sticking out to the right [krelnik, Aug 03 2005] A Strauss fan offers a bun for the title alone!-- coprocephalous, Aug 02 2005 Die Fledermaus....Man, that went right over my head until you pointed it out. I think it's icing on the cake.
I suppose it goes without saying that the tiny storage compartment would be generally known as the *mouse hole*. Or, perhaps, *Bat Cave*, in keeping with the Fledermaus theme.-- jurist, Aug 02 2005 Do you inflate it using Die Nieber Lungs?-- moPuddin, Aug 02 2005 Triple Yes Vote. +++-- sartep, Aug 03 2005 Lovely.-- calum, Aug 03 2005 Very gonflable and [+]-- skinflaps, Aug 03 2005 The HP OmniBook had a mouse that "folded out" from the side of the computer. It was on a swing arm such that there were no actual electronics (other than the buttons) in the "mouse" itself -- the movement sensor was on the other end of the arm inside the computer. It was a neat idea, but unfortunately not inflatable.-- krelnik, Aug 03 2005 Excellent :)-- phundug, Aug 03 2005 Had this idea this morning – bakery done me. [+]-- theleopard, Nov 13 2009 SPOON!-- RayfordSteele, Nov 13 2009 A Bat interface? Gonflamouse?-- Dub, Nov 13 2009 halfbakery