

-Expose the environment and water to lead and acid.
-Contain strong corrosive acids.
-May cause burns or danger to eyes and skin.

Because of this I propose a clean green mouse

Step 1: Green Methods




source: http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=e8c72be6-3452-4f04-b1ae-6d6b71f2b88d&lang=en

If I may say so, It is damn sexy



Please comment below on any ideas you have


Here is an idea. Build a battery charger using the <a href="http://joulethiefcircuit.com" rel="nofollow">joule thief circuit</a>. You can get &quot;dead&quot; batteries from your remote controls,electric toothbrushes,razors.etc and use these to power your joule thief circuit battery charger. Then you can charge your rechargeable AA batteries to use in your wireless mouse. I'll post plans to make one on my <a href="http://joulethiefcircuit.com" rel="nofollow">joule thief circuit</a> website (<a href="http://joulethiefcircuit.com" rel="nofollow">http://joulethiefcircuit.com</a>)soon
Buy two sets of batteries from http://www.usbcell.com so you can keep one set charging in your computer while you are using the mouse that way when the batteries die you are only down for the few seconds it takes to change the batteries.
I use one too, as is.&nbsp; It was a little anoying&nbsp; at first because it does not act exactly like an ordinary mouse but after a while you forget.&nbsp; I never took the clear part off. It works&nbsp; automatically in linux and&nbsp; I installed drivers for it in xp. (Mine must be 4 years old).<br />
I hadn't heard of this brand before you mentioned it. thanks
I use a microsoft laser mouse with a range of 10m, so I don't think any of these will be powerful enough to power it, except maybe the magnet pad one, but that one basically defeats the purpose of &quot;<strong>wireless laser </strong>mouse&quot;.<br/>
nice ideas
edit: a keyboard powered by two 100% solar powered batteries
Reading these comments I just had to create an account and post my own comment.<br/><br/>Why not make a &quot;shaker&quot; mouse? Like the shaker flashlights. It is similiar to your second idea. I hope to see you build that one!<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.physics.lsa.umich.edu/demolab/exp/diodes.htm">http://www.physics.lsa.umich.edu/demolab/exp/diodes.htm</a><br/>
Use a laptop. Then you can use the trackpad instead!
The inductive pads waste a *lot* of power in order to transfer enough into the mouse for it to be useful. Optical mice have a pretty bright LEDs, which take significantly more power than the encoder-wheel style of yesteryear.<br/><br/>I use a touchpad and a corded mouse, but I don't think there's anything wrong with regular rechargeable wireless mice. Nickel-metal hydride batteries are easy to recycle, and even when someone landfills them, they're not toxic like the old nickel-cadmium ones were.<br/><br/>Now, if you're opposed to nickel for some reason, or batteries in general, consider a capacitor. Build a voltage regulator that lets you put a capacitor in place of rechargeable batteries, and use a regular mouse with a charging cradle.<br/><br/>Or build a little dynamo in, with a crank or a pull-string. I think the string would work pretty well, since you could wind a spring which would pay out its energy into the dynamo at the right speed (similar to the Freeplay radios) without the bulk of a fold-out crank.<br/>
So this isn't finished? How about unplugging the mouse and using the keyboard? (or has sofware become so mouse-orientated that it's not practical anymore...) L
What did you mean, "so this isn't finished". if you meant the instructable. Not really. I will try and test at least one of the methods, as soon as I come across a cheap wireless mouse.
Yea I meant the Instructable, hope you get it to work. L
Not that easy without a mouse. But I can manage everything I want except reading comments on yellow comment boxes. L
i think that most the time people use a wireless mouse they proberly dont need too, so a good first method is to find a good mouse with a thin wired connection, and then use some sort of bungie, (like a thing to hold your wire out the way) i use one of these, and its like wireless!
That is very true, but you have to agree that Minister Cramers mouse looks pretty cool
yes, yes it does, however, i have a razer mouse, www.razerzone.com great for work and play! specially if your a designer
I'm just wondering, wouldn't your hand cover up the solar cells? or would they collect energy before and store it in some sort of internal battery?
They would store the energy. Maybe in a 1 Farad capacitor. Hoping that you dont hold your mouse all day

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