Wireless Cork Mouse Recharges As You Use It
It's a "green" wireless mouse made from cork and plastic.
Greener Gadgets is holding a design competition, allowing readers to vote from a list of eighteen environmentally friendly gadgets. One of the more interesting selections is Corky, a mouse created by Adele Peters.
As you may have guessed, the device is made from recycled, waterproof cork and 100-percent recycled plastic. The mouse is actually wireless, and draws its energy through various motions: actual movement via the user's hand and the turn of the scroll wheel. Piezoelectric elements located within the device capture the actual movement, throwing out the need for batteries.
The finalists will go head to head at the Greener Gadgets Conference on Thursday, February 25 at the McGraw-Hill Conference Center in New York City. Head here for more information.
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Finally! Some ingenuity!
best mouse ever
make it look good and it will be a best seller
Wow, a wireless mouse I might actually use.
Lose the cork and they got a winner.
I'm impressed. Even if you take away the "Green" aspect of it, it still never needs to be charged or have the batteries changed!
Now if they only made a Wii device you could use to cork your wine after you're done playing.
Yeah, the cork part seems to be a bit of a gimmick, just like making car panels out of laminated hemp; if they want eco-friendly, just make it out of 100% recycled materials.
However, given that power and energy technology has always been what drags things down, any sort of idea to counter the limits of batteries is ingenuity that demands praise. A wireless mouse that basically recharges itself? That would DEFINITELY have a market, well outside of just the techno-hippies. It's an example of "green" being outright "smart."
Well for the mouse part, this sure beats the logitech mouse that can last 3 years on batteries.
Yeah, the cork part seems to be a bit of a gimmick, just like making car panels out of laminated hemp; if they want eco-friendly, just make it out of 100% recycled materials.However, given that power and energy technology has always been what drags things down, any sort of idea to counter the limits of batteries is ingenuity that demands praise. A wireless mouse that basically recharges itself? That would DEFINITELY have a market, well outside of just the techno-hippies. It's an example of "green" being outright "smart."
+1
if you play a sniper and camp all the time you might not have enough juice to fire off your shot.
heh this just killed logitechs "batteries last 3 years" thing as the more you use this the faster the battery gets charged. This is epic.
if you play a sniper and camp all the time you might not have enough juice to fire off your shot.
LOL!
OMG I just saved 1 watts of my computer power by not using a mouse that needs its own power! JK JK.
But in the end this is good. I'm tired of switching out AA batteries in my wireless mouse and if everybody in the world used this the amount of batteries in landfills would probably see a good decrease and we would see some kind of energy savings (even though I find it hard to imagine a mouse taking a lot of electricity).
cool stuff! Wonder if they can combined it with one of those mini solar panels on pocket calculators to give it an extra boost.
I like it, I'll use that for whenever I'm not gaming, which is ironically not often.
Cork would get dirty pretty fast I like the idea of self recharging and if it only supports Bluetooth and is good enough for gaming - that would be great!
OMG I just saved 1 watts of my computer power by not using a mouse that needs its own power! JK JK.But in the end this is good. I'm tired of switching out AA batteries in my wireless mouse and if everybody in the world used this the amount of batteries in landfills would probably see a good decrease and we would see some kind of energy savings (even though I find it hard to imagine a mouse taking a lot of electricity).
batteries do require energy to manufacture, deliver, buy etc....
wired will always be better...except in certain cases...
gaming is not one of them
wired will always be better...except in certain cases...gaming is not one of them
Soooo true. Nothing like playing and FPS in the middle of a heated battle and you move your cross hair only to have it move 1 second after you already moved it. Then you get fragged. End of Story. I betcha go pissed off too. Everyone's gone throug this before.
now they just need to creat a keyboard that recharges itself (i have a rubish microsoft keyboard that has a battery stuck in it so it dosnt last longer than 2 days (i can only change 1 of the batteries unless i break keyboard or i damage the battery)
I want this
Cork is not gimmicky. Cork is actually kind of expensive. It is water proof, light, feels very comfortable and has many other uses!
Nice system, i like it finally a wireless mouse i would buy, changing batteries sux.
Although I don't get it, why cork?
Presumably work in a similar way to kinetic wristwatches - brilliant idea!
1 watt is one watt multiplied by How many mice in the world...???
Add this to all wired mice too to save power - saving many millions of watts worldwide every day
Then add some kinda power generating KB's and all the worldwide office drones can help save the environment a little more too LOL
1 watt is one watt multiplied by How many mice in the world...???Add this to all wired mice too to save power - saving many millions of watts worldwide every day
You wouldn't save watts, but rather watt hours. But I agree with what you meant to say - small changes in power use over many people means a great reduction overall.
OMG I just saved 1 watts of my computer power by not using a mouse that needs its own power! JK JK.But in the end this is good. I'm tired of switching out AA batteries in my wireless mouse and if everybody in the world used this the amount of batteries in landfills would probably see a good decrease and we would see some kind of energy savings (even though I find it hard to imagine a mouse taking a lot of electricity).
Screw being TIRED of switching them out, it would be awesome to not have to BUY batteries!
A nice looking cover and a decent price, and it will be a big seller.
I want one for each of my systems. This is WIN. Why all the cork hate? I bet it will be uber comfy.
I will buy this if it's under $20
It will more than 60 Im sure