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The Ploopy Bean Pointing Stick is a portable trackpoint nipple mouse

Rob Beschizza
May 18, 2026
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The Bean. Image: Ploopy

Ploopy’s 3D-printed “Bean Pointing Stick” functions as a compact four-button mouse and Thinkpad-style trackpoint. It even adopts the classic IBM color scheme and nipple texture. The buttons are Omron D2LS-21s “for snappy, responsive clicks” and it supports Via for customization. It’s currently being preordered (And is $70 Canadian…

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