Dennis Nedry Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Wow. Just wow. If you've got $40 kicking around, check these things out: http://www.steelseries.com/us/products/surfaces/i-2/information Just picked one up from the local MemoryExpress (~$40 CDN) in the blue color. Not only does the thing look good, but it's solid (should be for a chunk of glass) and my mouse (a Logitech G7 Cordless) just *glides* across it. As in, giving it a little shove sends it flying across the I2 surface. It's the closest I've ever gotten to a "frictionless" mouse. Feels really, really strange too, since it takes virtually no effort to move the mouse. Here's a pic incase you're wondering what it looks like... -DN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Nifty. Might have to look a bit further into getting one. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkgross Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 spendy..but very cool looking. Of course..won't do crap for me...I use a trackball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Pretty cool! Yeah, DK, I can see you whizzing your trackball off the end of the table. Wheeeee!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantomimeHorse Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I just tried "emulating" one of these devices: - A sheet of plate glass (shelf out of wifey's kitchen cupboard) with a sheet of A4 white paper under it ! Works a treat. Frictionless to all intents and purposes and costs bugger all. (Well, not 40 bucks, anyway) - Interesting. - C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Nedry Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Wait a second. Are you saying SteelSeries's "corporate secret" finishing is nothing more then a plate of sand-blasted glass, with a colored backing? Meh. At least mine's blooo. -DN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Just tried out Panto's idea. Glass cutting board from the kitchen. White piece of paper under it... Nada. Black piece of paper under it... Nada. Hmmm... Guess my wife gets her cutting board back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantomimeHorse Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Just tried out Panto's idea. Glass cutting board from the kitchen. White piece of paper under it... Nada. This was thin CLEAR plate glass, not one of those cutting thingies. Just tried it with 6mm smoky glass. doesn't work ! ! Tried a sheet of "white" glass (dye in the actual glass) and that works, sort of, but is jerky. Above about 3mm, this seems to fail. Why ? Refractive index ? Distance from mouse sensor to reflective plane ? - C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Oh. I see. Well, unlike you I don't live in a glass warehouse. I don't have access to smoky glass, this glass, that glass. Oh, to be so lucky as to have a fine selection of glass just laying around. And refractometers and all that. Sure, I could break a beer bottle over my head, melt down the shards in the oven on a baking sheet, wait for it to cool, and try that out, but chances are that won't work either because it probably wouldn't end up being a flat surface due to the fact that I don't have any calendaring equipment like I'll bet you do. Or maybe you have a lead float process in the living room or some other kind of smelting equipment. I, myself, do not. Sigh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I got a Chia-Pet Does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantomimeHorse Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 @ Ski People who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones ...... - C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 People who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Moth Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Oh. I see. Well, unlike you I don't live in a glass warehouse. I don't have access to smoky glass, this glass, that glass. Oh, to be so lucky as to have a fine selection of glass just laying around. And refractometers and all that. Sure, I could break a beer bottle over my head, melt down the shards in the oven on a baking sheet, wait for it to cool, and try that out, but chances are that won't work either because it probably wouldn't end up being a flat surface due to the fact that I don't have any calendaring equipment like I'll bet you do. Or maybe you have a lead float process in the living room or some other kind of smelting equipment. I, myself, do not. Sigh... Man,you Yanks are sooooooooooooo backwards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin200001 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 yanks give the spanks though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff_larken Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 And Canucks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leahbasskitten Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 when packing up for my move, i found my duke nukem 3d mouse pad. but now its in a box somewhere... i guess i will see it next time i move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff_larken Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Oh my god!!! How much would you want for that DN3D pad?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prjkt Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 that dn3d has to be a collectors item now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leahbasskitten Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 really?? it came free with the game in the day. i wouldn't sell, only b/c its nasty. it has a decade of sweat and tears. its actually gross. i have a cakewalk 9 mousepad that i would give up tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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