We use CAD packages in our 3D work, and it’s likely that many of us have become annoyed by the limitations of controlling the ...

Ploopy has made a name for itself over the past few years by offering a line of customizable trackball mice with open source designs that allow you 3D print or modify your own device. The new model is ...

We use CAD packages in our 3D work, and it’s likely that many of us have become annoyed by the limitations of controlling the view of a 3D object using a 2D interface, our mouse. Joystick-like 3D ...

With its big rolypoly ball and huge hand rest, the venerable trackball mouse looks like a holdover from 1996. Or maybe 1946—that’s the first time a trackball was used as an input device in a computer.

Let's start this by getting the name out of the way. This device is called the Kensington Expert Mouse Wireless Trackball. This is a trackball. Period. Nothing more, and nothing less. If it were ...

Modern wireless optical mice are cool and all, but my vintage IBM trackball mouse from last century is even nicer.

Like many ergonomic products, trackballs are an acquired taste—often, acquired by sheer painful necessity. It can feel strange to switch from using a mouse, which feels like an extension of your arm, ...

Like many ergonomic products, trackballs are an acquired taste—often, acquired by sheer painful necessity. It can feel strange to switch from using a mouse, which feels like an extension of your arm, ...