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12-03-2008, 21:43

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Re: i wanna answer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caio

Team 383 made something similar to what you're trying to do, but they used the idea of a ball mouse with an over-sized ball instead of an optical sensor.

Here are some pics if you're interested in maybe doing something like this

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/30740
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/30741

Amazingly, those are also referred to as "Trackballs"!

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