At this year’s Red Dot Awards, there were 2 cool computer mice awarded at Product Design 2008, both sporting a unique design.
These 2 unusual cool gadgets have ergonomic designs and can be used as desktop mice as well as laptop accessories.
Trioc 3D Pro from the Swedish company Trioc AB was designed by Blanking Design with 3D navigation capabilities, as a sphere-shaped unanchored puck, to allow you to pan, zoom and rotate in a more intuitive way. It functions as a 3D controller and a 3D mouse optimized for using with CAD design software.
It is available at a price of approximately $580.




WOW Technology is the Korean manufacturer of the WOW pen mice, one of which was featured in a previous article.
Its Wowpen Joy Mouse won the Product Design 2008 Award from Det Dot for it’s impressive and ergonomic design resembling an iceberg.




Created by Euidu Hwang and Sangpyo Kim, the ergonomic vertical computer mouse has 5 buttons including a second right-click button for full functionality. It doesn’t require special software installation to work as it is plug and play, and can be used in any position with fingers wrapped around it, with either Macs or PCs.




The USB mouse has 800dpi resolution, a 1.5 m cable, and measures 82 x 100 x 80 mm at 130 grams.