// new media class

3D print, silicon, vibration motors, touch sensors, copper, electronics

Is there any animalistic object more attached to our hand than the computer mouse? Think of all the hours spent gripping this piece of technology (when not clutching a phone). The compact computer mouse is one of the few technological objects that remains in constant contact with our body, all while directing our attention elsewhere.

Mouse Massage explores whether this familiar object could instead help us hold ourselves together. Drawing from ergonomic design and reflexology wellness practice wearables, the mouse responds to the user through forced feedback and high-frequency pressure point stimulation — aiming to shift the relationship between user and technology. Here, it becomes less of a productivity tool and more of a device for bodily awareness and care.

Am I moving the mouse, or is the mouse moving me?