Ploopy has made a name for itself over the past few years by offering a line of customizable trackball mice with open source ...

Trackballs used to be a far more common alternative to conventional computer mice, but they’ve all but disappeared lately. One of the only options from a major brand is the Kensington Expert Mouse, ...

The Ploopy Classic 2 is available as a fully assembled trackball or a cheaper DIY kit.

The first Microsoft Mouse was sold in May 1983 ... It didn't take long for the older trackball mice products sold by other companies to quietly become obsolete and no longer sold.

Kensington’s design shows a wireless trackball mouse with a large ball in the center that you can move to manipulate an on-screen cursor, a rotating ring surrounding the ball that functions as a ...

When we first heard about a mouse, we weren’t convinced ... There are several solutions for that, but the oldest one is probably the trackball. Ploopy is an open source trackball you can ...

This is the perfect place to keep your cat, your coffee cup, or in [Jacek]’s case, your fantastic DIY trackball mouse. Don’t be fooled by the orange plastic base — all the electronics are ...

Thumb-operated trackballs are easier to get used to if you’re making the switch from a regular mouse, and slanted models—such as the Nulea M501 Wireless Trackball Mouse—can reduce pain or ...

Elegant as the trackball mouse was, it had to be cleaned regularly to work properly. The optical mouse requires less maintenance. Microsoft invented the modern optical mouse in 1999 and called it ...