However, most subsequent mechanical mice starting with the steel roller ball mouse have required a mousepad for optimal performance.

Where they had stood a horde of mechanical mice milled aimlessly, spilling frantically through the doorway, out into the yard.

The device, which the company says will work with most mechanical mice (including those used with Apple products), costs about $129.

The cat, twirling her tail, persuaded the villain to turn into a mechanical mouse that was quickly "gobbled up" by you know who.

The surprise to Mr. Nichols is that the mechanical mouse is now pretty much forgotten.

The sensor never needs cleaning, unlike the ball inside a traditional mechanical mouse.

And this is no blind mouse: it uses optical sensors to find its way around with greater precision than any conventional mechanical mouse.

It uses optical sensors to find its way around with greater precision than any conventional mechanical mouse.

The noise that his heart valve produced sounded like two mechanical mice making love in a spoon drawer.

This computer stand was designed before mechanical mice were common household and office pests.