David M
09-22-2005, 05:02 PM
I was sent the following email at work today which I thought would be interesting enough to pass on to you guys. My dirty mind started thinking of other applications for a vibrating mouse but since this is a family oriented website then I had better not say anything. Hopefully your imagination is vivid enough to come up with some absolutely hilarious applications.
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A vibrating mouse is a normal optical mouse that senses when you are just
holding your hand passively on the mouse and are not using it. If there is
no mouse activity for fifteen seconds then it automatically begins to
vibrate to remind you. The vibration is the trigger to take your hand
away from the mouse and drop it on your lap (the mouse or your hand?). Thus, you are reminded to take a micro-break and relax the muscles of your neck, shoulders, arm and
hand. Obviously, you can do any other small or large movements as well. It
is one of the best reminders to take micro-breaks we have seen.
The vibrating mouse-- Hoverstop Mouse-- available from:
www.hoverstop.com
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A vibrating mouse is a normal optical mouse that senses when you are just
holding your hand passively on the mouse and are not using it. If there is
no mouse activity for fifteen seconds then it automatically begins to
vibrate to remind you. The vibration is the trigger to take your hand
away from the mouse and drop it on your lap (the mouse or your hand?). Thus, you are reminded to take a micro-break and relax the muscles of your neck, shoulders, arm and
hand. Obviously, you can do any other small or large movements as well. It
is one of the best reminders to take micro-breaks we have seen.
The vibrating mouse-- Hoverstop Mouse-- available from:
www.hoverstop.com
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The Institute for Holistic Healing Studies and Human Resources sponsor the
distribution of Healthy Computing Email Tips.
Copyright 2005 Erik Peper, Ph.D. and Katherine Hughes Gibney.
Permission to copy and distribute Healthy Computing Email Tips for
personal use is granted. Distribution or copying of Healthy Computing
Email Tips for commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written
consent of the copyright holders.