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Re: IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:51:47 GMT
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This is the way to go. If you can rig a PS2 mouse to RCX, then the new
optical mouse should work also.
Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:FK61A5.Ex7@lugnet.com...
> Sounds like we just need to rig up a ps/2 mouseport for RCX
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> KL
>
> In lugnet.robotics, Issac Merkle writes:
> > Hey,
> >
> > Just wondered if anyone had seen Microsoft's newest IntelliMouse and, if • so,
> > if they had the same thought I did about it: this thing cries out to be
> > hacked. It uses a 'tiny CMOS digital camera' to see whatever surface is
> > beneath it and measure its own relative movement. As a result, you are
> > supposed to be able to mouse on any surface except glass with great
> > accuracy. I'm thinking this sensor belongs on the bottom of a Mindstorms
> > robot, so it can measure how far it's moved and in what direction. I • wonder
> > how feasible that would be...
> >
> > CNN's Story:
> > http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9910/20/intellimouse/index.html
> >
> > Microsoft's IntelliMouse page:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/mouse/intellieye.htm
> >
> > Explaining the IntelliEye:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/mouse/explained.htm
> >
> > Regards,
> > Issac.
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