I needed another corded mouse and this time around I thought of @PKL@mastodon.social and @pronk@mastodon.social instead of Logitech’s shareholders. These guys make open source mice among other open source hardware under the brand Ploopy. You can order one from them, assembled or as a kit, or you could print and build it entirely by yourself.

The mouse itself is pretty great. Coming from a long line of Logitech (MX518/G5/G500/G502), it’s a bit larger than what I’m used to but I think I’m getting accustomed to it.

Here’s another shot of it:

A picture of a computer mouse by Ploopy.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      28 minutes ago

      I often wonder how difficult it would be to create an aftermarket control board for existing printers.

    • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
      26·
      16 hours ago

      pretty stupid that we can print in 3 dimensions well, while 2-dimension remains locked behind capitalism.

      • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
        19·
        11 hours ago

        I have written a more detailed comment on it before, but 2d printing is much more technically complicated than 3D printing, and the resolution is literally an order of magnitude difference (0.2mm vs <42um) and the printer has to print full color on any surface with microdots in a very very short time. People would throw the printer out if it took 10 minutes for a single paper like a large first layer takes in 3D printing.

        • Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca
          8·
          5 hours ago

          We were ok with dot matrix printers. We are and will be ok with black and white prints. Open Source community will be ok with a slow and ugly print. The company just need to allow their monopoly to be broken. I don’t think they will.