March 24th 2022 – By Promostyl
YAMAHA CONCEPT PC MOUSE DESIGNS INSPIRED
BY A WIND INSTRUMENT AND A MOTORBIKE
This PC mouse by Yamaha was designed for a joined project with Yamaha Motors “Two Yamahas One Passion”. Both Yamaha and Yamaha Motors are synonymous of excellence and innovation when it comes to building their products, and this time was no different. To create the mouse, each branch of the brand presented a design proposal with their specific influences.
From the Yamaha group is a mouse that looks like a golden wind instrument. It looks more like a French horn, but the design team could have simply combined the familiar elements from different instruments. The Yamaha Motor version looks more like a mouse, but the motorcycle design can still be identified. We are not sure about ergonomics, but a motorcycle-like frame makes it an interesting piece. With the choice of colour, others may think it is another boring mouse, but it looks tough and rugged—like most motorbikes from Yamaha Motor.
The concept design for the Yamaha is unique and has never been done before. Instead of wind flow, the shape follows the flow of electrons usually found in a mouse. There is a circuit board that sends the mouse’s instructions, and there are electrical signals that make the mouse function. The left and right-click buttons appear to be like piston valves. As the latter pushes air within a wind instrument, the buttons, when clicked, do what they are supposed to do as electrical signals are transmitted like scrolling and clicking. The mouse also shows some dial knobs that work. They can be used to set or “tune” the click intervals, a number of scrolls, or mouse pointer speed.
For the Motors, there is a certain “toughness” that shows this PC mouse can work as an efficient mouse. As a person can be carried smoothly by a Yamaha motorcycle, so can this mouse design take your hand with ease and offer precise control. The Yamaha Motor mouse also comes with physical click buttons. They mimic the gas pedal of an all-terrain vehicle or a personal watercraft, looking more like a lever.
