Hello,
I have noticed many times by now that my laser mouse (logitech G3) is very sensitive.
When the ground moves/shakes sometimes the mouse will interrupt the screen saver.
Today I also run one of my star trek online bots, and sikuli detected mouse movements which where recorded in a log file.
It was very consistent and I don't think it was me. This constantion/observation that it was in the log gave me an idea which I have been wondering about for a while.
The question is: Why is my mouse moving ? Maybe it's the wire putting some strain on it ? Wire pushing it back ? Maybe vibrations from PC case ?
But most likely it is probably my neighbours walking around, slamming doors or whatever.
This mouse is quite old about at least 7 years.
There are probably new mouses out there with a mouse higher Dots Per Inch detection.
The higher the DPI the better the mouse is probably at detecting earth quakes.
So now you know that there might be a very cheap earth quake detector out there...
And it might already be sitting on your desk ! ;) :)
Perhaps writing a P2P applications or client server applications that collects all mouse data from computers while people are sleeping might give some more insight into this.
Perhaps all these mouses in people's houses and officer buildings might be used to develop one gigant laser grid detecting the smallest movement of earth itself !
It might even show how the earth is moving ?! ;)
Bye, Skybuck.