Chris Kiick posted about swarm robotics earlier in the week and today publishes his first Hack-A-Day How-To. Old computer mice are being abandoned in droves. They’re tossed out because of dirt, ...

One of the attractive features of early optical computer mice was their lack of moving parts. The idea is that fewer moving parts translate into less mechanical wear and longer life. But even though ...

No offense to [Douglas Engelbart] but the computer mouse has always seemed a bit of a hack to us (and not in the good sense of the word). Sure we’ve all gotten used to them, but unlike a computer ...