{"id":998,"date":"2026-05-07T13:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=998"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:59:17","slug":"ploopys-new-mouse-makes-the-thinkpads-iconic-trackpoint-portable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=998","title":{"rendered":"Ploopy\u2019s new mouse makes the ThinkPad\u2019s iconic TrackPoint portable"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Ploopy Bean mouse next to a laptop, pen, and papers on a wooden desk.\" data-caption=\"The Bean isn\u2019t wireless so you\u2019ll need to pair it with a USB cable. | Image: Ploopy\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Ploopy\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ploopybean1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe Bean isn\u2019t wireless so you\u2019ll need to pair it with a USB cable. | Image: Ploopy\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Ploopy has announced another open source mouse alternative that skips <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/18\/24273416\/ploopy-trackpad-diy-open-source\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">touchpads<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/816341\/ploopy-nano-2-open-source-trackball-button-qmk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trackballs<\/a>. While the new Ploopy Bean looks like a tiny travel-friendly mouse, you don&#8217;t need to move it around. Instead, surrounded by four buttons is a red pointing stick similar to the TrackPoint that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/circuitbreaker\/2020\/6\/30\/21292182\/thinkpad-trackpoint-mouse-nub-button-trackpad-challenges-design-user-input\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IBM included on its ThinkPad laptops<\/a> long before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/10\/5\/16428720\/lenovo-retro-thinkpad-25th-anniversary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lenovo took over the brand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Canadian company only shares pricing in its local currency but the Bean is <a href=\"https:\/\/ploopy.co\/shop\/bean-pointing-stick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available for preorder now through Ploopy&#8217;s website<\/a> for $69.99, or around US $51. Beneath a pre-assembled 3D-printed enclosure that lets you print your own replacement parts is a highly-sensitive Texas In \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/925923\/ploopy-bean-open-source-mouse-pointing-stick-qmk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bean isn\u2019t wireless so you\u2019ll need to pair it with a USB cable. | Image: Ploopy Ploopy has announced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}