Optical mice are both user-friendly and compatible with a wide variety of computers. Like other mice, however, they are not immune to accumulated dust and debris. By keeping your optical mouse clean, ...

In the olden days, computer mice traced movement with built-in rubber trackballs. While these balls were a nifty way to control movement, the fact that they were made of rubber meant that they picked ...

Your computer mouse contains a lot of bacteria and maybe even viruses, especially if it hasn’t been cleaned in eons. All the sweat and dirt from your hands clogged up on a single device is not healthy ...

Wanting to experiment with using optical mouse sensors but a bit frustrated with the lack of options, [Tom Wiggins] rolled his own breakout board for the ADNS 3050 optical mouse sensor and in the ...

Avago Technologies has announced a series of small form factor (SFF) optical mouse sensors with an integrated chip-on-board (COB) LED illuminated optical navigation system that is the thinnest in the ...

Employing the company's laser navigation sensor technology, three versions of what are said to be the industry's first laser-based optical mouse sensors are available: one for cordless mice (ADNS-6030 ...