IOGEAR fingerprint-reading mouse with "Nano Shield"

In the fight against unwanted jerks checking out and/or messing with your sensitive files, IOGEAR has taken matters into its own hands with a new fingerprint-reading mouse. The mouse -- which contains a convenient, built in biometric reader -- will scan the identity of you and four loved-ones with a confidence-stoking accuracy of more than 99%. In addition, the device is coated with the company's "Nano Shield" which prevents totally gross garbage like bacteria, fungus and algae from surviving on the surface. So, if you're super-paranoid about both germs and computer security, your wallet is probably going to get about $80 lighter real soon.

[willy @ Jun 27th 2007 3:38AM]

i like it!!!

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[Aaron @ Jun 27th 2007 2:43AM]

Couldn't care less about the security side of things, but I like that it stays clean. I wash a lot, but my mouse still gets kind of grimy after awhile.

[JalecksAones @ Jun 27th 2007 3:22AM]

The super-DUPER-paranoid, of course, will be avoiding this device as it is obviously a component of a Big Brother track-and-trace system.

[Ant @ Jun 27th 2007 4:33AM]

Nice ideas but it looks like something from the 80's. Couldn't they have made It wireless and a bit more comfortable looking like the Logitech MX. Good for hospitals I guess with that 'Nano Sheild' thing, then again they wouldn't be able to scan there fingers with latex gloves on, funny.

[prouted @ Jun 27th 2007 5:09AM]

useless !!! Unplug the mouse and put another one, then the security is screwed...

[graham @ Jun 27th 2007 5:22AM]

prouted,

The mouse will be linked in to security software locking the machine, it isn't just a secure mouse its a convenient place to put a fingerprint scanner.

[Dan @ Jun 27th 2007 9:14AM]

I imagine they thought of that wiseguy

[TRAFFICBLOWS @ Jun 27th 2007 9:49AM]

Otherwise great, but not sure if I'd buy a mouse without forward/back buttons!

[Solomon @ Jun 27th 2007 4:30PM]

Does anyone even know /how/ it is supposed to kill germs?
I think I know... Popular Mechanics, a few years back, expected consumer devices (like keyboards) to have 'nano-needle' technology. Sounds lame? Let me explain. These labs/plants make plastic with ultra-tiny spikes, /way/ smaller than a single bacteria cell. So small and fine that you would /never/ feel it. So small that dust will not clog in it. So small that germs are not 'skewered' on it, but scratched and damaged (ewww, bacteria blood/cytoplasm smeared all over, yuck...). So small, that the killed germs will not pile up below the spiky surface like an open pit; instead, just dead on the surface, and a conventional means of cleaning will wipe them away.