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nahostdeutschland@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Camera Capabilities Unlocked From A Mouse

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Camera Capabilities Unlocked From A Mouse

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nahostdeutschland@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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There is a point where taking technology for granted hides some of the incredible capabilities of seemingly simple devices. Optical mice are a great example of this principle, using what are more o…
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    The picture isn’t great, but I’ll bet the framerate is amazing!

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    Had to do a double take here. Thought it meant the animal mouse.

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    But can you run DOOM on it?

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    Back in the day scanners were not the table model that is obsolete today but were drum scanners or hand scanners of which the latter was a hammerhead mouse with a horizontal optical sensor and regular computer mice used balls for tracking.

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      Reminds me of ThunderScan. A device that turned your dot matrix printer into a scanner by pretending it was an ink ribbon cartridge.

      https://hackaday.com/2023/12/12/thunderscan-the-wild-1980s-product-that-turned-a-printer-into-a-scanner/

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