Can you make a computer mouse out of a real mouse?

Answer 1

>no, and even if you could it would have to be dead and super electric

I know this was a humorous answer, but actually you could. Here is how.

1. anesthetize (or kill) the mouse.

2. equip mouse with bluetooth unit taken from wireless mouse

3. equip mouse with optical sensor from wireless mouse

4. don't forget to include the batteries

There you have it!

If you choose to kill (terminate with extreme prejudice) the mouse, then you could open it up with a scalpel, gut it and put the bluetooth unit, optical unit and batteries inside (leaving the laser light emitter poking out the bottom of course. You probably want to stuff it with something like cotton balls to fill out the mouse and make it more comfortable to your hand.

Come to think of it, you either need a pretty big mouse or a rat.