[extropy-chat] Read All About It

[Emlyn]

Actually, this pocket sized hologram projector might be the ticket...

http://holoprojector.notlong.com

(of course, it's not going to be on the market for a  few years at least)
Emlyn

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:34:04 +0930, Emlyn <emlynoregan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:25:27 +0100, David <deimtee at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > Since you'd be wearing glasses anyway, how about picking up jaw muscle
> > movements and/or humming notes for control. You would only need a few
> > different controls, and this would let you read hands-free. Would also
> > be useful for paralysis victims.
> >
> > -david
> >
> 
> I was just watching Australian Idol... humming notes would be a *bad*
> idea. People's PCs would be going bezerk! OTOH, basic computer use
> training courses would be replaced by singing lessons, which would be
> lucrative for my household, so I say go for it!
> 
> > Eugen Leitl wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 08:06:17PM -0700, Adrian Tymes wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>How about a small touchpad on the side of the
> > >>glasses?  Big enough to sense up/down/left/right and
> > >>"hard" (finger pressing so much it covers most of the
> > >>pad), which could be a click.  (Though you'd want a
> > >>little latency, so you can go from nothing to click
> > >>without acting on the up/down/left/right you'd pass
> > >>through.)
> > >
> > >
> > > Fails even armchair usability tests. Gestures are easier. One could also
> > > think about a hand mouse, with scroll wheel(s), thumb pad area, etc. UWB
> > > should be low enough power for sufficiently long battery time at the range.
> > >
> > > Don't forget voice input, too, it's easier than limb tracking from video.
> > > I'm not sure whether using immobile CPU for crunch will fly, it will restrict
> > > usability outside of home.
> 
> If you are already wearing some kind of hud, why not add a mini
> camera, then track eye movements for the cursor? That's already being
> done for other applications.
> 
> > >
> > > Otoh, there's always the disparity how much crunch you can get for the given
> > > battery time.
> > >
> 
> Take a look at the latest ipaqs from HP... tiny, light, pretty good
> processors, and loooong battery life (a guy who works with me and has
> one claims it can do 12 hours of constant usage).
> 
> Emlyn
> 


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Emlyn