DailyDirt: It Turns Out People Want Keyboards... Until They Don't
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We've seen plenty of different input devices, but it's pretty hard to displace the traditional keyboard and mouse combination. Touchscreens have their usefulness (but perhaps not on a 20" 4K display), and maybe someday gesture recognition will be more common outside of gaming. Ultimately, we're likely to see more and more options for how to best interact with various kinds of software, and that's a good thing. Here are just a few more examples of cool digital interfaces.- Chinese company Dexta has developed an "exoglove" (aka Dexmo) that's an exoskeleton glove for detecting hand movements and providing some haptic feedback. This input device had a Kickstarter project, but it's been cancelled without much explanation. Pre-ordering appears to be available still (for $175 per hand), but buyer beware if you think this exoglove will be a plug-and-play accessory. [url]
- Flow is a (yet another) mouse alternative that includes gesture recognition and some haptics and a kind of dialing mechanism. It's a neat programmable tool that aims to be a controller for almost any computing device (phone, tablet or desktop/laptop), but it might be a bit too customizable for people who don't use Photoshop or CAD software on a regular basis. [url]
- In 2003, Steve Jobs commented on the Newton, saying "It turns out people want keyboards" -- but that obviously wasn't the end of input innovation. Virtual reality interfaces may be getting better and better, but it could still take a while for the "killer UI" that doesn't make you want to vomit in 3D. [url]
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Filed Under: controller, crowdfunding, exoglove, exoskeleton, flow, gesture recognition, haptics, hmi, input devices, keyboard, mouse, newton, steve jobs, ui
Companies: dexta, indiegogo, kickstarter
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Keyboards.
One thing I noticed is: it is very hard to find a normal keyboard (non flat, etc) that has white/offwhite keys with black letters anymore. These all black ones are fine but a lot harder to see under low light conditions..
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So in my opinion even if there was a mind controlled keyboard(thought to text) it still would take time for people to accept it.
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Auto-correct is bad enough, imagine the kinda of insanity you'd get with a thought-to-text system without some way to filter all the extra, random stuff that runs through the mind out from what you're intending to 'type'.
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Yeah sure, there had to be a "command" to activate it. Maybe you must think about writing or hitting the key of a keyboard or the color green, whatever. But without it texts might be interesting to read ^^
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Computer, record this thought.
No, not that one, never that one.
No I meant too, not two.
Where did you get that from?
Come on now, we have been working together for 7 years, you should know by now that when I say Computer, Stop that means you stop recording.
It is not your concern as to the layout of the article, as I am only asking you to turn thought into text.
LEAVE MY SEX LIFE OUT OF THIS.
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One of my better achievements this year....
http://www.alphagrips.com/
It was tough, but worth it.
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Fat fingers are my bane.
Trackball, actually, since it doesn't go anywhere.
But a full-sized keyboard, please, since I have large hands.
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Re: Fat fingers are my bane.
I remember back in the day about 1/3 of everyone I knew used a trackball instead of a mouse. Nowadays in my workplace (~100 engineers), I am the only one who has a trackball attached -- and the younger set of engineers literally don't know how to use it, so I attached a mouse in addition to the trackball in order to stop confusing colleagues who use my computer.
I find this odd since a trackball is, in my opinion, a superior pointing device for a crowded and cluttered desk.
"But a full-sized keyboard, please, since I have large hands."
Speak the truth, brother.
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The Last Word
“One of my better achievements this year....
Learning to type on one of THESE.http://www.alphagrips.com/
It was tough, but worth it.