The Perfect In-Flight Mouse?

I have no idea if anyone but me does this, but since aircraft tray-tables are so small and too highly positioned, I often move my mouse down so it’s tracking on my pants leg when I’m flying coach. It doesn’t work very well, but I like the positioning better and my arm doesn’t cramp up quite so much. I also use my trackpad at times, but I don’t like it nearly as much as a mouse. Bottom line is that mid-air mousing has been a pain for me for years.

I just ran across the Logisys Optical Finger Mouse, and it may just be the solution to my problems. Strap it to your index finger, and this tiny gadget uses a laser to detect movement across almost any surface, including fabric(!) You use your thumb to scroll and click.

Needless to say, as soon as I finish this post, I am buying one. Thanks to coolhunting.com for their reporting on this.