IOGEAR fingerprint-reading mouse with "Nano Shield"
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Jun 27th 2007 2:08AM
posted Jun 27th 2007 2:08AM
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.
i like it!!!
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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.
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.
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.
useless !!! Unplug the mouse and put another one, then the security is screwed...
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.
I imagine they thought of that wiseguy
Otherwise great, but not sure if I'd buy a mouse without forward/back buttons!
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.