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Name: Hallar Nawaz Roll No: 39 Department: Economics Batch: 2k13 Date: 18 Feb - 2013 Assignment: What is Mouse and give its different types?

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What is Mouse and give its different types?

One of the most essential pieces of computer hardware is a mouse. The mouse is usually attached to a computer through a USB drive, though some are wireless. They still use a USB adapter, though. To navigate your computer screen, you must have a mouse on a desktop. History The mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1968 at the Stanford Research Institute. The ball mouse was invented in 1972, and the first optical mouse came out in 1980. Significance Without a mouse, navigation on a computer screen would not be nearly as convenient, easy or fast. Theories/Speculation The inventor of the mouse, Douglas Engelbart, thought he could augment human intellect by associating movements of the hand with navigation on a screen. Function The mouse is a pointing device that navigates a cursor across a computer screen. There are usually two, sometimes three, buttons on modern mouses that serve as selection tools. Size Mouses vary in size, the largest usually being gaming mouses. The average size of a mouse is between 3 and 4 inches long.

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Mechanical Mice

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The mechanical mouse, the first type of mouse to be developed, has a ball inside of it that tracks movement and translates it to the computer. Mechanical mice need mouse pads, or at least a flat surface, on which to roll, and they tend to collect dust readily. Mechanical mice are no longer in use with modern computers. Optical Mice The optical mouse was introduced in the late 1990s. It works with the use of an optoelectronic sensor and LED lights that captures the movement of the mouse by taking thousands of frames a second of images and sending those images to the computer. Optical mice are cheap to produce and require less care than mechanical mice. Laser Mice A laser mouse is similar to an optical mouse. The only difference is it uses an infrared laser instead of LED lights. The infrared laser captures greater resolution, resulting in more precise control of the mouse. Serial Port or PS/2 Port Mice Some mice need a serial port or a PS/2 port to connect to your computer. Older mechanical mice connect to computers this way. USB Mice With the number of USB ports available on modern computers, it is no wonder many mice connect to a computer using a USB port. Most corded optical and laser mice connect to computers using this type of port. Wireless Mice Some mice do not need a wire at all to connect to your computer. Wireless mice use radio or infrared waves to send signals to your computer. These mice are more expensive than serial port, PS/2 port and USB mice. Infrared (IR) or radio frequency cordless mouse With both these types, the mouse relays a signal to a base station wired to the computer's mouse port. The cordless mouse requires power, which comes in the form of batteries. A mouse with many buttons

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The extra buttons can be programmed to do specific things, such as navigate the Web or turn pages when youre reading a document. The typical button-ified mouse has about five buttons. Trackball mouse Like an upside-down mouse. Rather than roll the mouse around, you use your thumb or index finger to roll a ball on top of the mouse. The whole contraption stays stationary, so it doesnt need a lot of room, and its cord never gets tangled. Stylus mouse Another mouse mutation enjoyed by the artistic type is the stylus mouse, which looks like a pen and draws on a special pad. Cordless 3-D mouse This kind of mouse can be pointed at the computer screen like a TV remote. Optomechanical or Optical-mechanical Mouse An Optomechanical or optical-mechanical mouse is same as the mechanical mouse except that the sensors used in it are optical and not mechanical. The device is a combination of optical and mechanical technologies, wherein, the ball is present but the mouse movement is detected optically leading to more accuracy. Inertial and gyroscopic mice Often called "air mice" since they do not require a surface to operate, inertial mice use a tuning fork or other accelerometer (US Patent 4787051) to detect rotary movement for every axis supported. The most common models (manufactured by Logitech and Gyration) work using 2 degrees of rotational freedom and are insensitive to spatial translation. The user requires only small wrist rotations to move the cursor, reducing user fatigue or "gorilla arm". 3D mice Also known as bats, flying mice, or wands, these devices generally function through ultrasound and provide at least three degrees of freedom. Probably the best known example would be 3Dconnexion/Logitech's Space Mouse from the early 1990s. In the late 1990s Kantek introduced the 3D Ring Mouse. This wireless mouse was worn on a ring around a

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finger, which enabled the thumb to access three buttons. The mouse was tracked in three dimensions by a base station. Ergonomic mice As the name suggests, this type of mouse is intended to provide optimum comfort and avoid injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis and other repetitive strain injuries. It is designed to fit natural hand position and movements, to reduce discomfort. Gaming mice These mice are specifically designed for use in computer games. They typically employ a wide array of controls and buttons and have designs that differ radically from traditional mice. It is also common for gaming mice, especially those designed for use in real-time strategy games such as StarCraft or League of Legends, to have a relatively high sensitivity, measured in dots per inch (DPI). Ergonomic quality is also an important factor in gaming mice, as extended gameplay times may render further use of the mouse to be uncomfortable.

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