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19 Jan 2010

To design a computer mouse, you may face some difficulties on drawing the shape, and adding the reflection effects. In this tutorial, it will show you an efficient way to do the mouse design and how to add the reflection effects for the object.

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Make a DIY No-Kill Mousetrap with a Toilet Paper Roll [DIY]

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19 Jan 2010

Have a rodent problem but don’t have the stomach for traditional mousetraps? Blogger Chris Glass details his simple, inexpensive method for catching a mouse without a mousetrap.

His simple methodology?

Get a toilet paper tube and crease two lines to form a flat sided tunnel.

Put a treat on one end of the tube: A cracker and dab of peanut butter works great.

Get a tall (at least 20 inches) bucket. A trash can works well.

Balance the tube precariously on the edge of a table or counter with the treat hanging directly over the tall sided receptacle.

The mouse will scurry to the treat (they like tunnels) and fall into the trap.

Set the fella loose at least a mile away from your abode.

Postnote: It worked within the hour.

You can’t argue with success.

How to catch a mouse without a mousetrap [Christ Glass via DIY Life]

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Add Some Rumble-Action to Your Mouse [DIY]

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19 Jan 2010

If you like the vibration feedback found in gaming console controllers and want to add a little rumble-action to your mouse, all-things-DIY magazine Make offers a tutorial that may be right up your alley.

The rumble mouse is an electronics project from Make Magazine Vol. 06, put together by Greg Lipscomb. In the video below, Kip Kay demonstrates the process of taking an old cellphone, pager, or other small vibration motor and wiring into a basic $20 mouse.

It’s a pretty neat project, although it does have one shortcoming—there’s no way for the computer to send unique feedback like a game console does to a controller. You’ll get vibration for your own gaming actions, but when things happen to you in the game (like getting shot at instead of doing the shooting), you won’t get impact rumbles or the like. Still, in light of the coding you’d need to do to get it working with different games, this is a fun little hack. Check out the link below to see the digital edition of Make and find additional instructions and schematics.

Have a fun peripherals-hack of your own to share? Let’s hear about it in the comments.

Rumble Mouse [via Make]