The developers want each mouse input to actually mean something to the gaming experience.

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Unlike War of the Roses, the direction of the mouse input has no bearing on what type of attack you make in Chivalry.

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First, the facts: Google surprised the world today with a highly interactive homepage that uses cutting edge web technologies to scatter and gather bouncing balls based on user mouse input.

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As such, I'm eyeing up a Wacom tablet and using the pen input to mouse around -- but do you think it's a good idea?

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"Even basic input, the keyboard and mouse, haven't really changed in any meaningful way over the years, " reads the advert.

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Second, newer approaches to CAPTCHA have been developed that try a different approach to a Turing test by asking users to perform operations through input devices, like a keyboard or mouse.

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Formed seemingly from a single block of Lucite, the new mouse looks more like a drop of mercury than an input device.

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Co-inventor Wayne Westerman said the MultiTouch system was much more flexible than a mouse which had a single moving point as its main method of input.

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The challenge with new input is to find devices that work together, simultaneously with the mouse, or things that are strong where the mouse is weak, thereby complimenting it.

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The input values might be derived from real-world measurements, such as keystrokes, mouse movements, or the contents of your hard drive.

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