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Wireless Hand Mouse

The concept [07/01/2007] - I am dealing with RSI pretty severely in both of my hands and arms. In an attempt to better my mouse situation I started looking at mice that used hand movement alone to control the mouse. Most of them used accelerometers and seemed like they might be difficult to control. I was already using a vertical ergonomic mouse, and I thought maybe I could just combine the two. The idea is to put the two mouse buttons on the right index finger and use the thumb to click them, and put the laser that controls mouse movement on the side of the hand. This way, you merely rest your hand on the table and you have control of the mouse. Your hand is the mouse.

Building - I purchased a small wireless laptop mouse and proceeded to cut it up. I made a glove from scratch that wouldn't restrict my typing but could hold the pieces in place.

	The package
	The mouse taken apart
	The button part of the board cut off and the buttons desoldered
	Wires soldered onto the leads and the power then stuck together on a breadboard to make sure the mouse still works
	The board set inside the altered original case and wires soldered and glued so they aren't torn off
	The pattern I made for the glove
	The finished glove

The finished glove [05/14/2008] - I finally sewed the attachments onto the glove and soldered the last few connections. Here are the pictures of the finished glove. It works pretty well. I wish I had a smaller mouse to start with so the side wouldn't be so big, but it's not that bad.

	The mouse buttons are easily pushed by the thumb. You have to use your other hand for the scroll wheel.
	The elastic pieces that I sewed on to hold the electronics in place are clearer in this picture.
	The other side of the mouse velcros onto the palm so that it is adjustable
	Here's the other side of my hand where the mouse is