What The Heck Is This??

[gerti]

Moonshine-making machine (still)...

[Pappy]

Don't you guys know a mouse trap when you see one. Not only traps and kills the little rodents, but it flame broils them for the discerning feline!

[jgrobler]

I looked it up. It's a steam-engine powered mouse.

[LinuxRandal]

I looked it up. It's a steam-engine powered mouse.

So it IS a cyberpunk thing.

[WoodTherapist]

You put it in your boot to warm it up before putting it on. It is only a prototype that never received UL approval for some reason. Either that or it is a hashish cooker.

[cabinetman]

Thanks for all the guesses. Here is another version. Maybe this will help...maybe not.
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[unclecritic]

looks like a really cool mouse to me... 'specially the scroll wheel

[crokett]

looks like a really cool mouse to me... 'specially the scroll wheel

Me too. Also in the original pic the copper plates on each side of the wheel look like buttons

[RAFlorida]

Ah-ha, MIT finally released the picture

of their switch pad for the shoe when they played 21 in Vegas!

[dbhost]

Don't you guys know a USB powered boot dryer when you see one?

[jking]

Thanks for all the guesses. Here is another version. Maybe this will help...maybe not.
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Cab, is this a new hobby? Are you going to market these?

Or, did someone unearth the initial prototype of the wheel mouse?

[cgallery]

Is it some sort of musical instrument?

[Tom Slick]

I figured out what it is. Some of you guys a very close on it's function, but it's form is a throwback back to the late 1800's steampunk.

[crokett]

I figured out what it is. Some of you guys a very close on it's function,

Very close? I'd say exact on it's function. I figured out what it is too but in a roundabout way. I will say I thought it was a footwarmer at first.

[shoottx]

Same as this