You may remember the slightly odd Thanko Hot Cooler USB Keyboard which warmed/cooled your hands whilst you typed, which could be in some circumstances quite good. Well, undeterred they have moved to mouses (yes, that is the plural of a computer mouse) and mouse mats with the “USB Warm mouse” and “USB Warm Mousemat.” Unfortunately, it would appear that they still haven’t sacked the guy who names these things, as they are as unimaginative as ever.

However the awful naming does make my life a little easier: it is fairly obvious what they do. The mouse version is a basic optical mouse that connects to your PC through USB and comes in a range of colors such as black, black, black or black (seriously, I’ve seen paving slabs more imaginative than this company). The only clever thing about this mouse is the heater inside it, operated by a little switch about 10cm up the wire which can reach temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius.

You may remember earlier this year Thanko, a Japanese company, released the imaginatively named “Thanko Cooler USB keyboard.”

For those that don’t, here is a brief recap: it is essentially a solidly build keyboard complete with three fans that are designed to keep your hands cool whatever the weather. So, what now? Well, in keeping with their unimaginative naming method, the new “USB Hot Cooler Keyboard” does exactly what it says on the tin. More after the break.

You know those products that you would like to have, but they haven’t been invented yet? Well, this new product from Thanko certainly fits under that category. Whenever your on the computer for extended amounts of time, especially during the summer, your hands tend to get a little sweaty and that often becomes annoying. Thanko more »

This new mouse by Thanko literally does suck, it sucks up all the dust and other junk around your computer space. It’s weird when two different types of technologies combine, sometimes they make cool new products, and sometimes they don’t. I’m not sure which case this is, as sometimes it could be practical, and other more »