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Does the Mighty Mouse LED project a mouse?

by Dave Caolo Mar 21st 2006 at 5:00PM

This one is a bit weird, so bear with us. It seems that Flickr user Dan Bowels noticed that the light on the underside of his Mighty Mouse produces what (kind of) looks like a mouse's head on the surface of his desk. Has he stumbled upon an ultra-rare hardware easter egg, or is this just an optical illusion? You decide. We're a little more than skeptical, but if you can replicate the image of the little red mouse face with your own Mighty Mouse, we'd love to see it.

[Via Infinite Loop]

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This one is a bit weird, so bear with us. It seems that Flickr user Dan Bowels noticed that the light on the underside of his Mighty Mouse...
 

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Henry

That's funny, I had used that as my PAD the other day and didn't even realize what it looked like!

http://www.pbase.com/lumbardh/image/57453064

March 22 2006 at 12:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
FoxyOrb

Wow!, I'm putting my mouse up for sale on Ebay.

March 22 2006 at 7:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jan

Bad luck... mine seems defect.

http://flickr.com/photos/raumzeichen/116308240/

March 22 2006 at 7:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mrtotes

Yep,

my M$ IntelliMouse Optical does a devil's horns too.

Still it's far better mouse than a MM to use.... and a quarter of the cost (and still going strong after 4 years).

March 22 2006 at 6:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tomm

No such luck here with my Logitech mouse. Just an oval with a circle in it. Not quite sure what I was expecting though...

March 22 2006 at 5:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
neuromancer

we called it "angry rabbit". works with other optical mice from apple.

here's an old photo from it with a pro mouse:
http://neuromancer.uw.hu/blog/mergesnyul.jpg

March 22 2006 at 1:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mac Diva

I thought this was cool when the first entry about it appeared at Infinite Loop yesterday. But, TUAW is at least the sixth site to pick it up.

Dave, could you cut the fellow at Flickr some slack? His name is Bowles, not BOWELS. And, oh, had your roughage?

March 22 2006 at 1:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bento-san

i wonder how high he was when he noticed that?

March 22 2006 at 12:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hawaiian music

How cool! Mine definitely looks like a mouse. It's got the beady little eyes, and little mouse ears. Unfortunately the little scroll button stopped working. Anybody else have that happen? Hmm... guess I better see if that's under AppleCare.

March 22 2006 at 12:14 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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