April Fools mouse prank

Ever wanted to piss off a teacher, parent, or anyone else who is computer illiterate. Well now you can!!

By the way this is not only my first instructable but my entry into the April fools Contest.

Step 1 What to do

Most modern day mice are use a laser to detect movement. All you have to do is take a sticky note or piece of tape, and then cover the laser. It's that simple

If the mouse is an old school ball mouse, turn it upside down, and the ball will drop to the inside of the mouse. Then just cover the hole with a piece of tape.

Make sure to right down April Fools on the tape or whatever!

Comments

[berky93]

won't work with a cordless mouse - usually your first response is to check that it has battery by looking at the bottom to see if the light is on. in fact. I know many people who do that with corded mice too, to check for obstructions like this...

[modaawesome]

just un plug it

[inventordude14]

    try using a very tiny piece of clear tape to cover the mouse one of the nerds at my school totally freaked out and thought his computer froze it was hillarius

[Madrias357]

Cordless mouse: best prank is to put a piece of paper blocking a battery, making sure to leave enough to write "April Fools" on it. Corded mouse: Paper ball in the optical with a tag sticking out, again write "April Fools" on it. Old corded mouse: take the ball out, place in tagged note with April Fools and instructions to hide the ball. Hide the ball in an easy place to find it, such as an empty coffee cup or in the pen-holder.

[Mr911S]

I have a wireless mouse so need to turn it over to turn on so that trick would not work on me and I doubt that you could put clear tape or any thing over the lens with out being noticed.

[modaawesome]

if it is usb unplug it and see if anyone notices

[platniumdr]

This isn't nearly devious enough. Everyone expects tape or something similiar on the bottom. But to really drive someone insane you:
1) place a clear piece of tape over the sensor opening
2) trim it with a razor so it looks completely organic
3) poke the tape with a needle once
This causes enough laser light to reflect so that the mouse moves, but it's incredibly jerky and unusable. They'll be cussing, unplugging, replacing batteries, restarting, etc etc, and every time they look at the bottom of the mouse they can't tell it's been tampered with. I've done this numerous times with outstanding success :D. Enjoy!

[Sparkyrob]

I just tried it. Aparently that does not work om my new logitech mouse, the laser sees right through it.

[qmounts]

this is the better way, i did this to two of my teachers on april fools day and they both turned the mouse over and noticed it :(
but also i looped a peice of tape so it was sticky all around and put it on the hearing end of his phone and when he picked up his phone with another tacher on the line he said what the f*** under his breath :DD!!!!

[grundisimo]

Or, if you're super dedicated you could steal their mouse and unsolder the Data connections from the inside. Keep the power connection so the laser still turns on though.

[junkhacker]

it's actually much easier then that. If you put a strip of paper in the mouse's usb plug so that it covers the middle two pins, most mice will light up but not do anything. I've done that before.

[P.I. Kitty]

i just did this to myself

[adi angelo]

boring old school trick.............5 years ago......nothing new here!!!

[graphak]

my coworker did this to me and I looked twice at the bottom, not noticing the tape and only looking to see that the laser was on. nice one.

[ElvenChild]

you cant do this to a laptop or an apple magic trackpad

[chamster]

I SO have to play this on my little bros! they'll freak out!

[mikeyw8]

lol my lil bro did XD

[allthegoodnamesaretaken]

 this is a good one! I don't like pranks that are destructive, and the best ones are when they prank themselves. well done!

[Jay Spannerz]

 I am so going to try this XD Thanks so much!!

[codebuster]

Ha This is a cool idea ! thanks man ;-D

[freerunnin1]

in IT i always poke a bit of paper in his mouse and hes always wondering why its not working... he gives me a dead arm 4 doing it :P

[MegaMaker]

I think I have seen 7 different Instructables for putting a piece of tape on the mouse of a computer. Who wouldn't look at the bottom of the mouse?