{"id":14400,"date":"2022-07-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=14400"},"modified":"2022-09-16T09:05:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T07:05:54","slug":"how-far-does-my-computer-mouse-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/2022\/07\/04\/how-far-does-my-computer-mouse-move\/","title":{"rendered":"How far does my computer mouse move?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How far does my computer mouse move?<\/h2>\n\n

PAUL MOORE, CAMBRIDGE <\/p>\n\n

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I can\u2019t tell you how far your mouse moves, but I can tell you the distance that mine moved because I installed a little app that measured every last centimetre. In one continuous hour of working, my mouse moved 123.76 metres. For an entire week, my mouse moved 2.5 kilometres. I clicked my mouse 10,695 times in the same period. Scale it up to a year and my mouse would travel the distance from Bristol to Birmingham! It\u2019s a fun thing to try, but be aware some apps like this steal your passwords, so don\u2019t use them while working on anything important \u2013 my measurements were made under controlled conditions. PB<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n

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