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The Bug – The Hildebrandt Steampunk Mouse

The Bug - Steampunk Computer Mouse

What is it, you ask? Why it’s a device for controlling the position of a pointer on the Telecalculograph, of course. A mouse, as we fashionable young things might call it. The ‘ball’ area is for resting your hand apon, and the ‘antennae’ are for clicking on, I believe. It is The Bug, by Mr Hildebrandt, and a fitting accompanyment to the Telecalculograph computer mod that we featured a while ago.

Mr Hildebrandt has a thourough post on his page, Jake of all Trades, on the various parts that went into it, and indeed comments on the comfort of the peculiar device also. Ever so distinctive and pleasantly brassy! Very well done, Mr Hildebrandt.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 at 9:45 pm by Tinkergirl and is filed under Steampunk Images.

Jake von Slatt

Curse you Hildebrant! I have on my drafting board this very moment a design for a Steampunk mouse!

No time to chat then, as I must finish my current project before the accursed above mentioned nemesis beats me to the punch!

JvS.

Herr Burger

Ah, in the classic steampunk/pulp vein, we've now got a deadly rivalry going between competing mad scientists!

Most excellent!

(Perhaps 'mad technologists' is the better term? I shall leave that up to the audience!)

Dohickey

Perhaps one of you should construct a printer? There must be an old type writer begging for restoration and retro fitting?

Mr Ethan Grammatikidis

Ah, inspiration! I was thinking of designing a steampunk mouse just this morning... Now I'll have to try and avoid Mr. Hidebrant's patents. Perhaps this will become a 3-way race :D although, being my first project I don't expect to get too far too quickly.

I believe the term you are looking for is 'mad inventors'. This is what I always knew the role as, I found the term "mad scientist" rather odd when I first heard it. I have also wanted to be a mad inventor since I was 8 years old, ;)

Dr von Zarkov

Wired Magazine has picked up the Hildebrandt Mouse:
http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/0...

Jake von Slatt

Gee, I almost feel bad that in the story about Herr Hildebrandt's mouse, I got two links to his one!

Mwah hah hah hah ha!

JvS.

Tinkergirl

Aw, shame theres no referral link, but never mind. Perhaps it was independant (as these things often are).

The rivalry has been going on for a little while now, Herr Burger. It's actually three way - between the 'Two Jakes', Hildebrandt and Von Slatt and Mr Datamancer. They keep outdoing each other - it's a mad invention 'arms' race of glorious Steampunk proportions!

Jake von Slatt

Ah Dear TinkerGirl,

Doc and I are only rivals in who gets to be James West and who plays Artemis Gordon. Alas for me, Doc's youth and classic profile relegate me to the Gordon role every time.

Hildebrandt and I are another matter entirely! Our bitter rivalry will either drive one of us to greatness - or both of us and perhaps the entire world to destruction.

Best Regards,

JvS.

Esher

:O guess im going to have to up my wineing @ my wift for my own work bench. tis utterly beautiful b^-^d

John Pfeifer

Jake H,

If you are Mr. Gordon, and Doc is Mr. West, Does that make Mr. Hildebrandt... Captain Nemo? Or Rube Goldberg?

John Pfeifer

Correction: Above post addressed to Herr von Slatt.
A Pox upon air travel, and it's befuddlement of the senses.

Jake of All Trades

Can't be Nemo, I'm afraid of submarines. Can't be Rube, he was an actual person. Hows about Doc Brown? I do have all three films quite literally memorized...

John Pfeifer

JoaT:
Perhaps Charles Acme?

Zareen

Van Gouge who?

rongsak

i think is very heavy mouse but you create ..

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