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August 15, 2006

Nokia Cell Phone Mouse

at 7:45 am. Filed under Complex Hacks, Crazy Hacks

 

Why buy a mouse for your laptop when you can use your camera phone!

“Many laptop owners carry a spare mouse because they dont like the built in control, or because they just like to use a mouse. This adds weight, things to remember etc when you go anywhere. Also, if you use somebody elses laptop you may not be able to use their pad at all! I often setup software for somebody else on a laptop and curse the wigglestick on the keyboard that they fumble on with because they are that slow anyway but it holds me up. If I had a mouse with me at all times that would be amazing. So, the NokiaMouse was born. Most phones now have a camera and can run Java, there is no reason that some software couldnt be written to watch for movement in the camera, and translate that into mouse signals for the PC. Bluetooth could be used to send the data to the PC.
So there was my challenge, a java program that took multiple frames from the nokia camera, translated that into direction and speed and sent it to the PC as mouse movements.”


 


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10 Responses to “Nokia Cell Phone Mouse”

  1. EOM Says:

    that;s just too handy to have around.

  2. trapp1 Says:

    Array

  3. Macka Says:

    How do you click? did you setup buttons for that or do you still use the KB?

  4. the least significant bit » Blog Archive » Hacked Gadgets Says:

    […] Nokia cell phone mouse […]

  5. Dude Says:

    Does the phone still have it’s original functionality intact, or did you wipe and rewrite the memory? (does it still work as a phone?)
    Also, I have that nokia phone! can i get a copy of that app anywhere, that is really cool!

  6. S Says:

    Does the phone still have it’s original functionality intact, or did you wipe and rewrite the memory? (does it still work as a phone?)
    Also, I have that nokia phone! can i get a copy of that app anywhere, that is really cool!

  7. Mendi Says:

    Where do I get this cool program?

  8. Alan Parekh Says:

    Hi Mendi,

    The author of the software is not making it available.

  9. JP du Plooy Says:

    How is that at all possible? A cellphone cannot focus on an object as close as a few millimeters to the lense. The lense on cellphone cameras are tiny and so they barely capture any light in low-light conditions, how must it see anything when it is virtually flat on the table? I also doubt that the cellphone is able to capture a sufficient number of frames per second and process them fast enough to provide such smooth operation.

  10. Mav Says:

    If the author aint gunna release it hes a real idiot ..
    Why make something cool like that, and then keep it private?

    gahh

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