Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'
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'50s Mouse

 A computer mouse requiring large motor skills that will pay homage to the 1950's
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Back in the 1950's automatic machines required large motor skills to operate. Early track ball mouse input devices, although as precise as contemporary models sometimes required large motor skills to operate especially as they became plugged with grime. A 1950s Mouse with an oversized mousepad will require much larger ranges of motion for relative cursor travel.
—rcarty, Feb 13 2013

(??) 1950's mouse (s) http://c389604.r4.c...ea07_post_large.jpg
[xandram, Feb 14 2013]

Turning Cheese Louise into a computer mouse - Simone Giertz's video https://www.youtube...watch?v=QDSEpjjavhY
Mentioned in my anno [notexactly, Apr 09 2019]

Turning Cheese Louise into a computer mouse - William Osman's video https://www.youtube...watch?v=M2xqMZ6b85w
Mentioned in my anno [notexactly, Apr 09 2019]

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       How about fitting GPS and Bluetooth to a Mini, and using the carpark as a mousepad?
—MaxwellBuchanan, Feb 13 2013
   

       It would be a lot like operating a ball mouse that is clogged with dead wrist belly.
—rcarty, Feb 13 2013
   

       I hope it has fins and wide whitewalls... [+]
—Grogster, Feb 14 2013
   

       And a big, long aerial.
—UnaBubba, Feb 14 2013
   

       And Marilyn Monroe lips painted on it.
—xandram, Feb 14 2013
   

       Chrome. Lots of chrome. And some Van deGraaff towers for ears.
—RayfordSteele, Feb 14 2013
   

       "The DeVille"
—UnaBubba, Feb 14 2013
   

       // Back in the 1950's automatic machines required large motor skills to operate. //   

       And in the 2010s, one large computer mouse requires small 1970s motoring skills to operate: [links]   

       [xandram], what was your picture?
—notexactly, Apr 09 2019
   
      
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