Project: Alien Mouse gets your arm into it
By Darren Murph 
posted July 25th 2008 2:51PM
posted July 25th 2008 2:51PM
Mizanur Rahman is clearly sick and tired of traditional mousing devices. So sick and tired, in fact, that he's kicked out a rendering of the Project: Alien Mouse. In short, this decidedly gigantic mouse shoots for ergonomics by providing a place for your wrist, lower arm and maybe your elbow if you're a small enough person. We'll be honest, all those gel cushions sure look comfy from here, but the amount of brain energy that would be required to use it kind of puts a damper on the whole deal.
[Via Wired]
Let's hope the price is as ergonomic as the mouse..
Ergonomic: "The applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort"
Economic: "pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities"
But I agree with the sentiment, hopefully it is priced well because I'd love to try it.
snorgffha what? huh? oh sorry I dozed off.
Disappointing. I was expecting some kind of Gauntlet.
Gauntlet? yeah, inbuilt C64 emulation would be cool!
Without the bionic grip, repulsor unit and snarky guidance from Jarvis, who is left to market this thing to?
You'd market it to the compulsive porn watcher with carpal tunnel.
I know, we'll target people with expendable income!
@ Kell
I don't think his Carpal Tunnel is stemming from the mouse though...
It looks like something that was fashoned from bits of a Klingon uniform.
Do those red wings make it fly?
I was wracking my brain to come up with a succinct summary of what it looks like.
Thank you.
Skip the mouse, go straight to touch screen.
You would figure a designer would publish legible and properly sized graphic files to his website.
what brain power?
Step 1: Place hand on mouse
Step 2: Move mouse
You lost me at 1...
..Now what am I doing here? Nana, hello?
3. ?????
4. Profit!
I was trying to refrain from commenting, but since you've brought it up... Yes, it is evident that someone here finds that "amount of energy" too much for their brain.
Does anyone else think that this kinda looks like the organism from fl0w? (the downloadable sixaxis game for the PS3?)
I'm going to need a bigger desk...
This was my thought as well. Who sits at a desk where there arm overhangs it all the way up to the elbow or more? I just don't see how a mouse that large would ever be practical on 95% of people's desks.
Don't know why people think this thing is big - if you check out the read link, you'll see that the whole thing fits in your hand.
I clicked the read link because of your comment and looked at the pictures. Well.. It still is twice as long as your normal mouse and a bit wider. Now ain't that larger? Or what kind of mouse do you use anyway? :P
this thing has a massager in it too??? lol
Is this just a concept?
I see no release date/price.
Seems as if it'll be more expensive then your average mouse
Yeah. It's wicked-cool looking, and my wrist will feel better... but can I still deliver teh major noob pwnage?
THIS IS SPARTA
I like the idea.
It would require more physical and mental effort to use which would suck initially for lazy people, but be fine for more active users.
I remember back in the days of playing HL2DM hyped up on chips and chocolate and literally chucking my Razer Copperhead off the desk from jolting... you know... from the adrenaline and excitement.
I really like this mouse. I've had aspirations to engineer something together similar, albeit much less flashy, for quite some time. The added support to wrist/forearm combined with a high mouse speed would make this GREAT for FPSs in my opinion. The stability would make for great precision, while you would have little loss in precision because everything would be more 'solid'. Two thumbs up from me.
This is Engadget! And nothing of the content here is worthy jacking off to. I suggest you visit a porn site or your mothers bedroom.
with wings for extra protection so you'l feel safe and forget that it is there
have a happy .
always
I nominate this comment as best comment ever. Thanks! :D
this would only mean more n more frags....im gonna PWN chinese guys in the far east.... xD
as long as your high ping doesn't get you first ;-)
Hi Ping....think that's the Chinese player who sniped me a few times in COD
Another designer who is annoyed by the current design and so designs his own, and not realizing his problem doesn't apply to everybody else.
Sillygadget, didn't you even hit your own read link? There is a render showing a hand on the mouse. the large pad is for the heel of your palm, the little one at the end is for the base of your forearm. Your forearm and hand together would have to be approximately nine inches long if you wanted to put your elbow on it
Lol, i reckon i could fly that thing.
i wanna use it on WARHAWK!!!
I would love to get my hands on that mouse, any word on whether or not it will be made?
whoa okay i designed this thing how the hell did it get on here? and i all fairness it is just a concept idea and it was just a show off peice from a very long three years at uni... though nice comments about wanking and having no space to do so in my room for some reason i dont have that trouble.
Miz Rah.
What's 'deception' doing in the tagline?
the design is complicated but this image makes it simple to understand how to use it: http://www.mizrah.co.uk/alienmouse2 if you'll still have problem using this mouse then maybe you shouldnt be using your computer at all, which requires far greater brain energy than using the mouse >_>