The “Mighty Dead” mouse

June 10, 2009 by Dr. Macenstein
Filed under: Hacks, Photos, Tips/How To, design 

Apple hasn’t updated the Mighty Mouse in quite some time, but those of you dying for a refresh can make your own out of things you probably have in your own home! All you need is and old (still functioning) USB mouse, and an old (NOT functioning) real one!

That’s right, assuming you are a fan of taxidermy, Instructables.com has a tutorial on how you can turn that dead mouse you have lying around on the basement into a real life working computer mouse, and it looks great with an Apple laptop, don’tcha think?

This would be great for kids – They love stuffed animals.

Above: Here’s all you need… not shown, an extremely strong stomach.

[Warning: Images get a little grosser....]



Above: That picture is slightly less gross than it looks, as that is the USB mouse’s optical light, not guts we’re seeing.

If you’d like to make one of your own, (and who wouldn’t?) you can view the tutorial here.

Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader James for the link!

[via instructables.com]

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17 Comments on The “Mighty Dead” mouse

  1. Alonso on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 9:05 am

    2. That’s sick and disgusting

  2. edoreld on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 9:07 am

    3. Damn you Macenstein! I took a look at the article during a work meeting and I couldn’t stop laughing!

  3. Savas on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 9:13 am

    4. Bahahahha Alonso, this is “black humour”, what the Doc is famous for!

  4. Nadine on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 9:58 am

    5. That is not only kinda gross…it’s super gross and respectless.. ewwwe

  5. Bjarki Guðjónsson on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 10:03 am

    6. Brilliant!

  6. Ed on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 1:16 pm

    7. Not much has been able to surprise me the last few years. This takes it!

    Thanks.

  7. Vicente on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 1:36 pm

    8. Great!
    THIS is Macenstein, not the usual Mac Chick wannabes carrying iPhones
    Thanks, Doc

  8. Florian Vanthuyne on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 1:50 pm

    9. You just made my day!

  9. Michael on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 2:47 pm

    10. Truly fantastic, made my day, thanks Doc.

  10. darrell on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 3:07 pm

    11. fun stuff - however it makes me wonder why apple really hasn’t updated the mighty mouse in some time… if they don’t update it, then please lower the price!

  11. thisisjohnny on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 5:50 pm

    12. wtf, doc.

    haha

  12. Slacker on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 6:18 pm

    13. Disgusting :(.

  13. Marcus on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 6:27 pm

    14. Wow… not sure if it’s creepy or gross, maybe both…

  14. Jonathan on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 11:30 pm

    15. With the creation of this it also finally makes the Crammer Nazi’s happy, because if you had two of themyou would call them mice, instead of the traditional plural of mouses when referencing the hardware… That’s another thing, is this mouse now also software, I mean, it’s a being that it is fur and all ? … :P

  15. iphonebuz on Sat, 13th Jun 2009 2:22 pm

    16. @Jonathan… Very creative and humorous… software indeed!

  16. al sahid on Sat, 13th Jun 2009 8:03 pm

    17. disgusting…

  17. V.i.k.t.o.r on Mon, 15th Jun 2009 5:55 am

    18. Sick SIck Sick..But LOOKS Cool… :)))

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