Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind baby ohmu mouse @DrTomTilley
A year ago, Dr. Tom Tilley made a custom computer mouse that looks like the baby ohmu from the Studio Ghibli film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
It’s essentially one mouse piggy-backing on another to get the height and shape. The feelers are made from wooden skewers, it’s covered in EVA foam, and it has switchable LEDs in the head for angry or happy eyes.
See the video below and more in the Twitter thread here.
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