Researchers at Microsoft have made some DIY stuff. Three researchers Patrick Baudisch, Mike Sinclair, and Andrew Wilson have developed a mid air pointing device.
You might have felt the need of a mid air pointing device when giving presentations or playing some interactive games.
All you need for the device is a wireless optical mouse and an elastic hull that will house our pointing device.
The researchers have named the device as Soap. It has two main elements a lentil shaped core and an elastic hull.
The core has been made from two sanitizer bottles and it contains the functional parts of the mouse with the main sensor pointing outwards. The hull has been made from a sock and the main core can freely move inside it.
Whenever we apply pressure at the hull the main core moves inside the hull which causes the pointer to move. And the motion is detected by the sensor as some motion on a mouse pad.
I know that you too are quite impressed with the device and want to make it.
Click here for the detailed procedure.
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Via: linuxdevices
