Will iPhone's touch screen technology show up in a new mouse soon? CraveCNET.com reports that it could, if the mouse described a patent application spotted by Hrmpf.com ever goes into production. Like the new iPhone, the mouse described in the patent has no buttons, just continuous surface made of an "optically transmissive material."  A "multipoint touch-detection mechanism" could detect your finger movements.  You'd be able to program certain movements of your fingers--swiping, tapping, rotating--to perform certain actions like opening apps, rotating images, and resizing windows. Users would be able to perform gestures, such as pinching or a virtual scroll wheel, as well as the normal range of left, right mouse clicks and scrolling. Naturally, the mouse would be illuminated with an internal light.  It would also have some kind of fingerprint  recognition.