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Mouse Box: An ARM computer in a mouse
- naoru 12y agoWhy? Stuffing a computer in a mouse makes no sense, you'll need a keyboard anyways, so why don't you stuff a computer in a keyboard? Oh wait, somebody did this before. Bummer.
- X-combinator 12y agoOn most computers there is a virtual keyboard.
- srhngpr 12y agoDo you really want to sit there and click on each letter on the virtual keyboard? Seems counterproductive.
- rakoo 12y agoIt's useful for situations where you don't need a keyboard: - Just like the video shows, you could hook it to the videoprojector to display your presentation - If it has enough power, it could host your Kodi (http://kodi.tv/ http://kodi.tv/)
- X-combinator 12y agoA computer "stuffed" into a USB-like drive would be cooler still.
- srhngpr 12y agoAgreed. The Intel Compute Stick [1] does this well, and runs Windows or Linux. You can also buy a rebranded version called the MeeGoPad [2]. [1]: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-c... [2]: https://www.chinavasion.com/china/wholesale/Android_Media_Players/Android_TV_Dongle/MeeGo-T01-Windows-8.1-TV-Stick/ https://www.chinavasion.com/china/wholesale/Android_Media_Pl...
- dr4g0n 12y agoThe site reports that it charges wirelessly, but the video lists the battery as optional - does this mean that on the non-battery version if I move my Mouse Box off the mat it'll shut down? Both the USB ports shown are host ports, so it's not going to be receiving power that way.
- TYPE_FASTER 12y agoI would rather have my phone be the one thing I carry around.
- dukoid 12y agoWould it be possible to beam the "regular" screen to a Chromecast while using the phone as a touch pad / virtual keyboard?
- srhngpr 12y agoWith Nexus 5 (and i think Nexus 7 too), you can cast the entire device onto your TV. The screen will even flip from landscape to portrait when you turn your phone.
- bitwize 12y agoChuck Moore did this a long time (10 or more years) ago: built a computer with a simple OS and capable of driving video on one of his Forth SoCs, and soldered it in place of the microcontroller inside a standard mouse. It was a nifty demonstration of "look how much functionality we can pack into a small space".