Apple’s Multi-Touch Mouse

Posted on July 5, 2007 at 10:35 am (PST)

As if our current range of computer mice weren’t enough, Apple in works to create the Multi-Touch Mouse. Depicted by the rather vague looking diagrams above, the mouse activates commands by sensing the position in which you hold your fingers. Therefore, this eliminates the need for buttons or the need to move the mouse in order to navigate on the screen. This is done through an "illumination source" found on the underside of the mouse shell, as well as a camera that records any images when illumination source is activated.

While this product is certainly in discussion, there is not much info available as of yet. However, Apple has released another patent statement for the touch sensitive bezel around electronic device, so it looks as if multi-touch technology might just be the next big thing.