Product Summary
The Thanko Flick Finger Mouse is literally a computer mouse that you can slip onto your finger to control. It works like any normal mouse, and is easily controlled by gestures and has the left and right click buttons. It works for Windows, Mac, and Android systems. This invention allows you to relax on a couch instead of having to sit at your desk all day. All you need is a finger and a thumb and a USB connection to make this invention work for you. Although the idea is interesting, the Thanko Flick Finger Mouse will probably not be adopted by many people. I have listed the reasons under certain categories below.
Relative Advantage / Complexity
The finger mouse has little relative advantage unless it is used by people who are extremely lazy and use their computers that are linked to some sort of huge screen. It would not be a good idea to use the finger mouse as a replacement for the current mouse that all people use because the finger mouse is probably a lot less functional and can be hard to use. Also, with a price of $100, there is probably not many people out there would would be willing to spend that much for a mouse that they would use once in a while. Furthermore, I can just tell by watching the video that this product will not be fully functional and will take a bit of time to get used to. Unless the detection of the finger mouse is extremely accurate, I am sure there will be a lot of misclicks that can waste tons of time.
Compatibility
I think that the finger mouse may be compatable with today's society just because in today's society everyone wants to find shortcuts and different ways to be lazy. The finger mouse does allow one to do this because you can control your computer from a greater distance and don't really have to be near your computer to use it. With today's world being obsessed with making things easier and more convenient, one way to do this would be to use a only 2 fingers to control something that you would normally have to use an entire hand to do.
Adaptability / Reinventability
Given its design and its intended use, the Thanko Flick Finger Mouse has a low adaptability or reinventability. There really isn't anything you can use it for besides as a substitute mouse that you can control with just two fingers. I think the only thing you can really change about this is the color or size of the strap that you can use. Some people may have bigger fingers so that is why there should be multiple straps for this product.
Observability
I think that the only people that will observe the immediate effects of this product are the people who may see others using them during presentations. That is the only place that I think that this product would really be useful, and would maybe cause other people to adopt it. Instead of having to use some sort of clicker, a finger mouse would be a little cooler to use during a presentation as long as the functionality of it worked out. But, if people were to see the negative functionality of the product, then it would spread negative publicity about it.
Conclusion
I think that this can be adopted by certain people that do presentations a lot and need to have their hands free. This type of product would not be a good substitute for the actual mouse, and would not really be beneficial for personal use. If they could somehow make it look a lot better and make sure that the functionality is 100% working, there may still be a chance for this product. Also, it wouldn't hurt to throw in some different colors for this product. All in all, unless they make some pretty awesome changes to this product and lower the price, it probably will not see more than a few thousand sales. It is also hard for people to see just how this can benefit their lives, meaning people won't be interested in buying the product.
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