Still using the old computer mouse? Product designer, Gordon Stewart, inventor of the SpaceBook (dual-screen notebook) has created a new computer mouse called the gStick mouse. You hold it like a pencil, it scrolls on a mouse pad @1200dpi and fits in your pocket. The gStick is wireless and works for Mac, Linux & Windows PC's. Anyone who can write with a pencil and wants a more comfortable and ergonomic computer mouse will enjoy the gStick. If your computer uses a mouse, the gStick will work on it.
"It's amazing how natural and intuitive the gStick is to use, compared to a normal mouse. The gStick's ergonomic design lets me move the cursor across the screen with a flick of the wrist!"
- Kerby McGhee, Artist, Designer at 8th Design
Gordon conceived the gStick in 2009 and has been working on R&D ever since, with a budget less than $4000.
“In 2009 I conceived the gStick after trying to sign my signature to an online contract with a traditional mouse. I was very frustrated and I wanted something that worked more accurately, that was inexpensive, and that did not need a stylus pad.” -Gordon Stewart
After conceiving the gStick mouse idea in 2009, Gordon started building prototypes. Then after 6-months of searching, he found a manufacturer to build a working prototype. He spent a year in R&D with this manufacture and eventually they said they could not complete his design. After searching for a new manufacturer, he finally found one, able and willing to complete R&D and deliver a working prototype after more than a year. Gordon showed the factory engineers how to make it work, and in 2013, a working prototype was delivered and now Gordon is ready for tooling and production of the gStick.
"It’s so smart and ergonomic, I honestly can’t believe no one has ever made a pen-shaped mouse before now. It’s one of those great ideas you instantly grasp the moment you first see it. No explanation required — it just makes sense." www.applegazette.com/feature/this-week-on-kickstarter-7-5-13/
The gStick mouse is a cross between a traditional mouse and stylus, but, that doesn't need a tablet such as a Wacom pad. Gordon launched the gStick on Kickstarter, a crowd funding website.
“I believe that Kickstarter and other crowd-funding platforms are a paradigm shift for independent inventors and creative entrepreneurs. Kickstarter provides invaluable opportunities to bring an idea into production. It is literally changing the way inventors and product creators bring an idea to market on a global scale.” -Gordon Stewart
As for the SpaceBook, Gordon says, “2011 was a very bittersweet year. We had over $20 million in orders that we could not process or accept and credit card companies and local banks were no help.” -Gordon Stewart
However, the SpaceBook was finally manufactured and now Gordon is working on a partnership with a larger PC company in the USA to co-brand the SpaceBook for global distribution.
You can see his Kickstarter project here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/529738175/gstick-mouse
Gordon Stewart is a husband, father, entrepreneur, inventor, product designer and photographer with over 10 years of experience inventing, engineering, and designing products. Gordon has successfully networked with manufacturers, engineers, marketing teams and distributors. He loves taking photography adventure drives with his wife and kids in the Alaska outdoors. He also loves building houses and car engines, riding mountain bikes, aviation and Hawaii.
“I have always been curious about how things work, what makes a clock tick?” Gordon Stewart
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