Ploopy Bean: a trackpoint for every computer

https://ploopy.co/shop/bean-pointing-stick/

#HackerNews #PloopyBean #Trackpoint #ComputerAccessories #TechGadgets #Ergonomics #MouseAlternatives

Everyone deserves to feel the joy of a brand new Trackpoint.

So I replaced the broken adapter on my T480's nub with a new 3D printed replacement.

I tried two designs: one that was Just The Measurements and one with a little more flare. I lost track of which was which moments after I hit "Print" and one design fits and the other doesn't. Not sure which is which.

But my T480's Trackpoint now works like a new one!

(I let the cap before the previous one go a bit too long and the little blue adapter thing Lenovo supplied broke and I've been living - like an animal - with the broken adapter pressed into another cap that had gone a bit too far. I still have 8 spares, I should change them more often. Yes I am aware that there are a bunch of identical models out there available to me, but none had dimensions, so I found it just as quick to measure this up and design my own.)

#tech #thinkpad #trackpoint #3dprinting

Finally, took them long enough!

Ploopy’s new mouse makes the ThinkPad’s iconic TrackPoint portable

https://www.theverge.com/tech/925923/ploopy-bean-open-source-mouse-pointing-stick-qmk

#ThinkPad #TrackPoint #IBM

If you're a fan of of trackpoint-style input devices like the nubs used on IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads, the folks at @ploopy may have a gadget for you: meet the Bean!

https://ploopy.co/bean/

I have their Classic Trackball and am very happy with it.

#opensource #hardware #mouse #3dprinting #trackball #trackpoint #ploopy

Oh man, I want a #PloopyBean now! This thing is too cool, not just for your #ThinkPad, but for anything that it has a USB port which would benefit from it. ​ #TrackPoint #Ploopy

https://liliputing.com/ploopy-bean-is-a-pointing-stick-mouse-with-4-buttons-and-open-source-qmk-firmware/

Ploopy Bean is a pointing stick mouse with 4 buttons and open source QMK firmware

There’s no shortage of computer mice available: they come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and prices. But if you want a different sort of computer input device, then your choices are more limited. There are only a handful of high-quality trackball mice or external trackpads available.

A Canadian company with a silly name has helped fill in that gap by producing trackballs, touchpads, knobs, […]