Mice are, without a doubt, one of the biggest inventions in the history of mankind, their development practically shaping the computer technology as we know it. One of the areas where mice have recorded the highest level of evolution is precision, current mice being infinitely more precise than those launched a couple of years ago.

However, it would seem that Japanese company Elecom claims to have developed what appears to be the world's most precise mouse, which should, at least according to Elecom, provide pretty much the same level of accuracy as one would get by writing with a pen on a piece of paper.

As we can see from the Scope Node's spec sheet, there's no breakthrough technology at work here. No, the sensor is a pretty standard one, built on laser technology and providing a resolution of around 1,600dpi. What makes this thing so accurate is the positioning of the sensor, which apparently is the same as where a pen point might be located once set in the user's hand.

The peripheral from Elecom has a rather moderate size (75 x 110 x 38 mm, at an overall weight of around 123 grams) and connects to a host computer via a USB 2.0 interface and a 1.5-meter long USB cable.

As far as the supported operating systems are concerned, the Scope Node Mouse is also pretty standard, since it's supposed to “play along” quite nicely with the likes of Windows Vista (includes SP1), Windows XP (SP2 - SP3), Mac OS X (10.5 – 10.5.5) and most likely Linux as well, despite the fact that the open source OS has not been officially mentioned in the list.

The Elecom Scope Node Mouse has an official retail price of around 6,300 Japanese Yen on its home market (that's around 64 US dollars). It remains to be seen whether it will manage to make it to the western markets or not.


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