Archive for the ‘input’ Category

Computer reads hand signals

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

This is kind of like using gestures without contact. Wave Power: The G55 picks out key hand signals from webcam video feeds. Photo by Toshiba  Funny how, apart from the attempts with voice commands, input always seems to come back to hands. At least this one isn't touch related. [via Popsci]

Wireless Accelerometer Based Mouse Pointer

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Caught this via Hacked Gadgets. Accelerometer based input devices could be a great boon for alternative access. Dave Technorati Tags: adaptive

The touch barrier — responses

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

After my previous post about the "Touch Barrier" as referring to the inherent issues of the pervasive use of touch technologies I had some good responses. @lucychili pointed me to work Peter Hutterer is doing with MPXLaurel wrote a blog post "Disabilities social networks games" pointing to a article DISABLED ...

The Touch Barrier - Accessibility and usability issues around touch technologies

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

I'm Worried. Worried about recent technology developments - actually the application of one technology in particular - touch. In this instance, when I say 'touch' I'm referring to devices requiring skin - a finger as opposed to a stylus - ala the iPhone and nearly every laptop on the ...

Bluetooth Wireless Input Pen

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

SMK Corp developed "Wireless Input Pen," which can transmit characters written in the air and displays them on a monitor. According to SMK, it is the world's first pen-type device that can transmit characters written in the air to a monitor ... I caught this via a story on Engadget. Engadget mention the ...