The future of computing

The world gets caught up in the complexities of smartphones, tablets, augmented reality, scan technologies and the like, so it is nice to see Microsoft go back to the drawing board on an existing technology that so many people have opted to simply give up on or ignore.

At AGBeat, we all use laptops of various types, and we mostly rely on the on-board touchpad which has become something we’ve simply resigned ourselves to. Some of us carry a trackball mouse, while others begrudge the sticky pad.

The video above outlines Microsoft’s Arc Touch Mouse which we are impressed by because it works on concrete, on wood, on glass, and on cloth and its flexible structure makes it completely portable. Awesome.

The Arc Touch Mouse is available on Amazon for under $40, and we anticipate this back-to-basics approach will be popular with those choosing not to join the growing population of tablet users.

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