It’s been a while since I last presented a mouse concept. The problem is mouse manufacturers don’t really want to come with revolutionary designs, as people have got used to the 40-year old one and, as it happens with many human-related things, many are afraid of the winds of change. What you’re about to see isn’t that revolutionary, as far as features are concerned. Nonetheless, I was impressed with the ergonomic design itself, sort of a cosmopolitan appearance combined with hi-tech materials.

The City Mouse (can’t really figure out why they named it like that… are we supposed to proudly show it off it every time we take a trip downtown?) is designed by d-Vision, which came up with an interesting ergonomic shape. This is supposedly much more in tune with how our hands are themselves shaped and how we intuitively move them, which should be translating into more precise movement and fewer repetitive stress injuries or carpal tunnel problems.

Apparently, in order to move the cursor and interact with the graphic user interface on your PC, you don't drag this mouse around. Instead you tilt it on its curved bottom to move around. This is just a concept, so I can’t tell if it works or how it really works, though. Hopefully, the design will get commercialized soon, if only for the looks of it.