{"id":149276,"date":"2022-11-01T14:22:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T19:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/new-origami-inspired-mouse-folds-into-a-flat-shape-for-travel"},"modified":"2022-11-01T14:22:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T19:22:38","slug":"new-origami-inspired-mouse-folds-into-a-flat-shape-for-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/new-origami-inspired-mouse-folds-into-a-flat-shape-for-travel","title":{"rendered":"New Origami-Inspired Mouse Folds Into a Flat Shape for Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-origami-inspired-mouse-folds-into-a-flat-shape-for-travel.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s been a while since you\u2019ve tackled the art of origami, don\u2019t worry\u2014you don\u2019t need any crafty folding skills to prep the Air.o for use. Squeezing the sides of the flattened Air.o pushes it into its mouse formation, while a small but mighty magnet holds everything together. Dissembling the Air.o is said to be as easy as undoing the magnet and pushing down on the mouse to turn it into a geometric pancake. According to Air.o, the mouse\u2019s vegan leather (AKA plastic) skin will retain its integrity even after being manipulated again and again. It\u2019ll even survive nasty falls onto hard surfaces if Air.o\u2019s Kickstarter page is anything to go off of.<\/p>\n<p>For those who enjoy the \u201cdigital nomad\u201d lifestyle but hate using a trackpad, the Air.o could be a game-changer. There are plenty of lightweight Bluetooth computer mice on the market these days, but none of them flatten into something that could pass as a bookmark in a pinch. Air.o\u2019s Kickstarter page says the team elected to make a full-size mouse to avoid the fatigue that comes with using a mini mouse\u2014a tiny (and frankly irritating to use) device that often ends up being added to people\u2019s go bags for lack of better options.<\/p>\n<p>As with any other Kickstarter campaign, there\u2019s no saying whether the Air.o will ever make it to adopters\u2019 bags and pockets (though this campaign in particular has surpassed its fundraising goal by a long shot, so there\u2019s hope). It\u2019s also difficult to say exactly how easy the Air.o is to use for long periods of time; the mouse\u2019s design, though clever, might be uncomfortable for some. At only $49 USD per mouse, however, the Air.o does appear to be worth trying, if only to impress the people sitting near you at a cafe or on your next flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If it\u2019s been a while since you\u2019ve tackled the art of origami, don\u2019t worry\u2014you don\u2019t need any crafty folding skills to prep the Air.o for use. Squeezing the sides of the flattened Air.o pushes it into its mouse formation, while a small but mighty magnet holds everything together. Dissembling the Air.o is said to be [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}