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Ploopy’s new mouse makes the ThinkPad’s iconic TrackPoint portable

Andrew Liszewski 2026-05-07T09:59:17-04:00 · Technology
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Ploopy has announced another open source mouse alternative that skips touchpads and trackballs. While the new Ploopy Bean looks like a tiny travel-friendly mouse, you don't need to move it around. Instead, surrounded by four buttons is a red pointing stick similar to the TrackPoint that IBM included on its ThinkPad laptops long before Lenovo […]

Ploopy has announced another open source mouse alternative that skips

touchpads

and

trackballs

. While the new Ploopy Bean looks like a tiny travel-friendly mouse, you don't need to move it around. Instead, surrounded by four buttons is a red pointing stick similar to the TrackPoint that

IBM included on its ThinkPad laptops

long before

Lenovo took over the brand

.

The Canadian company only shares pricing in its local currency but the Bean is

available for preorder now through Ploopy's website

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 …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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