Toe Mouse!

You know what, the more we look at this thing, the less crazy we think it is. While the concept of mousing around your desktop on foot may appear foreign at first, we imagine we can get used to it after a while. Not that it's designed for lazybones like us anyway, as the wireless Toe Mouse concept is primarily intended to help out people with upper limb disabilities, who aren't able to navigate in the usual manner. Just to score some extra flair points, designer Liu Yi also points out it has a "streamline model that symbolizes the motorboat surfing the internet." So it's not just practical, it's also poetic. Click the source link for more pictures of this flip flop-inspired creation.

[PastorTom Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:40AM]

I'm really glad I was able to learn about this . . . now my life is complete.

[grummy Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:34AM]

@PastorTom

Welcome back engadget! thisk kind of news I've been waiting for - not that crappy gadget that start with "i"

[Atro Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:37AM]

@grummy true, hope they dont call it the iToe or something

[cake97 Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:57AM]

@grummy

Completely agreed. What a freaking cool nerd gadget to have for couch surfing with a bluetooth keyboard and Internet on the plasma and not dealing with a sepaate air mouse or using a crappy trackpad

[Kurian Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:13AM]

@PastorTom
Now I can use my hands freely while browsing pr0n.

[Kid Red Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:23AM]

@grummy booowhhoooo

[darkmax Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:53AM]

@PastorTom

Has anyone considered how useful this is for a person who are physically handicapped? Come on, stop being so self-centred.

[mex Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:08AM]

@PastorTom

can you imagine surf the web with 2 hands free???

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[hero785 Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:09AM]

@Kurian
I can understand one hand doing the up and down movements, but what's the other one doing? And I guess you'll be in store for toe tunnel lol!

[angermeans Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:30AM]

@Atro but dont they name everything with an "i" if it's magical and revolutionary?

[abedinthehouse Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:46AM]

@grummy
oh you mean the IdeaPad from Lenovo?

[lv2bll54 Posted Apr 7th 2010 12:51PM]

@Atro
apple has already patented every word in the dictionary, all they did was put the i in front kinda like the site were on, what is it ohh iEngadget

[Kurian Posted Apr 7th 2010 3:12PM]

@hero785
I barely get full coverage when I stack both hands.

[tekdemon Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:10PM]

@hero785 Maybe you can use it for when one arm just gets too sore to use a regular mouse

[lesliejiols Posted Apr 8th 2010 5:21AM]

@PastorTom Actually this is not the 1st time, yanko design made some... pretty interesting device. See this transformers-like laptop: http://bit.ly/transformer-laptop-for-the-win

[Steve2000 Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:40AM]

YES!!!

[Tuan X Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:59AM]

@Steve2000 FINALLY!!!

[newone Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:15AM]

@Tuan X

Agree. Finally.

I've thought that over 20 years ago, and named it as RAT.

[snowrid3r Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:41AM]

i dont want my guest smelly feet on my mouse...

[juanvaldez Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:51AM]

@snowrid3r Your guests have smelly feet? I don't want them in my house.

[sajd4000 Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:42AM]

would love to have one even if I dont have any disabilities.

[Etrigan Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:45AM]

What are "upper limp disabilities"?

[Vlad Savov Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:46AM]

@Etrigan A typo that has since been corrected. Thanks, wise guy :)

[juanvaldez Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:53AM]

@Etrigan phantom rings, ringxiety and fauxcellarm? =D.

Two wise guys are better than one, right Vlad?

[juanvaldez Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:57AM]

@juanvaldez I'm going to give myself my 2nd joke fail in as many days. I read your comment as upper limb disabilities and thought they changed it to something meaning upper body. ugh.

[Atkins Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:48AM]

Now, that deserves a patent.

[FORDY Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:07AM]

@Atkins
Apples got it covered.

Say, where did Mr. Yanko disappear to from his room at MIT ...

[hardluckstories Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:14AM]

@Atkins

iToemouse- "what we did here, was revolutionize the mouse, it's magical"

[Honza Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:51AM]

Eww.. imagine picking up a used one on craigslist...

[juanvaldez Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:59AM]

@Honza Either way these things should be built to withstand industrial strength cleaners.

[KAL326 Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:25AM]

@Honza Or a vagina joystick.....with force feedback..

[TheHoldSteady Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:53AM]

Fungus 2.0

[nuck Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:54AM]

I'm left footed ... do they have one for me?

[pgk2009 Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:44AM]

@nuck And more importantly do they sell them as a set for multitouch?

[gbj Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:30AM]

@nuck
Nucks fans officially have infiltrated every aspect of society. It's finally happened.

[Old fogie late bloomer Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:50AM]

@nuck

With 66 comments, I figured someone had already beaten me to this joke.... :-)

[Slygathor Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:57AM]

Oh mah gawd! Now my hands never have to leave my keyboard. =O

[MowDownJoe Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:00AM]

@Slygathor You sure that's where your hands are resting?

[onlymyrailgun Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:10AM]

@MowDownJoe
He doesn't need both of them.

[Slygathor Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:16AM]

@MowDownJoe I'm pretty sure I only need 1 hand for to do teh 5 knuckle shuffle. ;)

[Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:37AM]

@Slygathor Just one? I need both...damn you non-girth having bastards....lmao

[Apple Google Microsoft Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:06AM]

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi

Er...your doing it wrong...that's your leg...

:p

[Duckman Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:59AM]

Poetic or Toetic?

[juanvaldez Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:00AM]

@Duckman +1 for throwing yourself on the line even when a play on words isn't funny. Eh, actually just +1 comment. No rating change.

[CHICHIgetdaYAYO Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:59AM]

@Duckman

Toetic Justice?

[SewerShark Posted Apr 7th 2010 7:59AM]

No, no, no. The fact that we use our hand is that we have a better control of it. You don't have a good accuracy with your feet.
Besides, I would never use someone else's Feet Mouse.

[hardluckstories Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:07AM]

@SewerShark

Consider this for one moment, you don't have any hands. Capiche?

[SewerShark Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:10AM]

@hardluckstories If you don't have any hand you can't even use the fricking keyboard, and still you would have a poor mouse accuracy and feet fungus.

[Duckman Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:18AM]

@hardluckstories
your avatar is arousing and terrifying at the same time...

[SewerShark Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:20AM]

@Duckman I would hit it...the avatar, I mean.