| Random idea? [message #306487] |
Sat, 29 December 2007 12:58  |
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I was thinking about computer mice, and what if they had magnets on the bottom and then the mouse pad had magnets on it so that the mouse would hover? 
I dunno. 
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| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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| Re: Random idea? [message #306489 is a reply to message #306487] |
Sat, 29 December 2007 12:59  |
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Why?
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| Re: Random idea? [message #306490 is a reply to message #306487] |
Sat, 29 December 2007 13:00 |
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Well cus they always put those non-stick pads on the bottom to make it slide real smooth.
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| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
...fatally die to death...
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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| Re: Random idea? [message #306520 is a reply to message #306487] |
Sat, 29 December 2007 17:22 |
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I see where he's coming from, due to the way this machine is set up, I can't have a mousepad, and so my mouse has to go over the desk, the pads that make it slide get dirty such that they stop working at least once a week. A levitating mouse would solve that, it would also increase the amount of power required, either by the mouse or the mousepad, as USB doesn't support anything over 5A, I'd suppose you'd have to use a powered mousepad.
It's also far too expensive.
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| R315r4z0r wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 15:35 |
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the hell is that?
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| Re: Random idea? [message #306550 is a reply to message #306487] |
Sat, 29 December 2007 20:22 |
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It would be very hard to control. Ever try putting to like poles on a magnet together? They do their absolute best to avoid each other and move to the sides. It is like an invisible dome shaped force field.
Controlling a mouse on a round surface would be hard, especially with 0% friction. The mouse would be sliding all over the place.
And once you let go of the mouse it would try its best to get to the opposite side of the other magnet. Meaning it would hover along side of the pad.
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| Re: Random idea? [message #306576 is a reply to message #306487] |
Sat, 29 December 2007 22:14 |
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Yes, however it will take quite a magnet to pass distance from your mouse, down your desk, through a case, through another, 4-5mm thick case, to get to platters which are only effected by magnets within a 1mm range to do ANY damage what-so-ever.
I think you're forgetting that a hard drive contains two kinds of magnets, the perminent kind, and the electryomagnetic kind... Both are some of the strongest in the world, so why are you pointing that out?
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| Re: Random idea? [message #306611 is a reply to message #306547] |
Sun, 30 December 2007 02:32 |
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| Zion Fox wrote on Sat, 29 December 2007 20:58 |
There comes a problem though.
You need to use force to move your mouse, and some of that is downward force. I don't know about you but I like to rest my HAND on my mouse.
If you do this, it will defeat the magnets altogether unless you use magnets strong enough to repel eachother with a HAND resting on it.
Then, with that, as soon as you take your HAND off, you mouse shoots into the celing...
And the best part is when your HAND are sweaty from a heated battle and it slips out of you HAND and hit you in your face at 50mph...
I think this is starting to become a bad idea... Why not just use a black cloth instead?
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I fixed your post, no thanks necessary.
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| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
...fatally die to death...
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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| Re: Random idea? [message #306631 is a reply to message #306487] |
Sun, 30 December 2007 06:34 |
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Actually me and stealtheye did a little research into this for a school project last year.
The verdict was that it is possible but not just simply putting 2 magnets above each other (cause the free floating one eitehr flips or "slides off").
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| Re: Random idea? [message #306639 is a reply to message #306487] |
Sun, 30 December 2007 08:04 |
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Haha, Just thinking about all the iron in your blood blocking the blood passages in your hand and slowly developing gangrene, or liver failure made me laugh.
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| Re: Random idea? [message #306673 is a reply to message #306667] |
Sun, 30 December 2007 11:09 |
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| R315r4z0r wrote on Sun, 30 December 2007 11:58 |
You can't control how strong a magnet is. It either attracts at one fixed strength, or it doesn't attract at all.
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Electromagnets.
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| Re: Random idea? [message #306689 is a reply to message #306487] |
Sun, 30 December 2007 12:19 |
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You can't get gangreen from magnets. The iron in your body is such a low concentration and always bound in very very large molecules so large that the tiny pull on the iron atom won't move the molecule.
A human being can be attracted by a magnet though but thats due to the magnetic properties of water. You need one hella big one though (house size).
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