Friday, May 21st, 2010
Developed by researchers at Boston College and Boston University, Camera Mouse is a free program that enables you to control the mouse pointer on your computer screen just by moving your head.
Camera Mouse requires Windows 7, Vista, or XP and a webcam.
Some useful applications and utilities are available from the ...
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Monday, March 22nd, 2010
The Whamberry is great mini keyboard/input pad that connects to your computer simply with a USB plug-in dongle. It is wireless and can be used more than 30 feet (10m) away from your computer.
You can control the cursor using the touch-pad that is built-in or type with the full keyboard. ...
Posted in Computing, Input, Suppliers, Touch, Type | 4 Comments »
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Mouse parts mounted on a glove.
This is interesting as alternate input is can't grasp a mouse. You only need to place your hand on any surface and start mousing.
[via hackaday]
Related posts:Wireless Accelerometer Based Mouse Pointer
Camera Mouse
Vertical Mouse / Keyboard
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
There's always going to be different options required for alternative input devices according to differing abilities.
So it's great to see the research and experimentation going on around this area, mostly driven I suspect by the need for different control of mobile technologies.
Here's one using acoustics of taps on the ...
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Thought: Feedback can be turned to alternative input if inverted.
Fabian Hemmert does research through and about design and creates projects like shape-changing-mobiles, weight-shifting-mobiles, breathing and pulsating ambient-life mobile device feedback.
The mobile concepts are designed to provide different feedback mechanisms that are physical.
I've often written about the importance of feedback when ...
Posted in Design, Input, Makers, Movement | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 15th, 2010
CNN report on the future of brain controlled devices.
In part :
"Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) come in two varieties. Noninvasive techniques use electrodes placed on the scalp to measure electrical activity. Invasive procedures implant electrodes directly into the brain. In both cases, the devices interact with a computer to produce a wide ...
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
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Combining pointing devices with keyboards is great for those with limited reach / movement and mouth stick users. ThinkPad keyboards are fantastic. To have em as a desktop kb would be great.
[New ThinkPad keyboard features crowdsourced design, lower price]
Related posts:Adesso compact wireless keyboard
Colourfull keyboard
Whamberry Handsized ...
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Meet Darrell
Earlier in the year I was contacted by Darrell. Darrell may not realise it, but he is a Lifekludger.
Darrell has a son. His son lives with a disability. His son's disability prevented him from using a mobile phone.
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
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Nice compact, wi-fi keyboard, useful for limited reach. And no cords.
Non-multi touch pad is a positive in my opinion.
Would love to test the pad.
[via engadget ]
Related posts:ThinkPad keyboard with TrackPoint
Whamberry Handsized Keyboard/Trackpad
Ergodex customisable input system now for Mac
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
This video shows how you can combine Dasher, a clever text entry program, with RoboRealm, a clever machine vision program to write a sentence using a Red Ball and a WebCam.
You do this without touching the PC!
This could be used on a Wii, XBox or PS3 to control a browser.
[YouTube ...
Posted in Input, Makers, Visual/Light, Writing | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
A video demo of Dasher. A single finger interface that allows you to enter text without a keyboard. Dasher is free software, and it works in all languages, and on many platforms.
Keyboards are inefficient for two reasons: they do not exploit the redundancy in normal ... all » language; and they ...
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
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When I heard about this Ergodex customisable keyboard on a podcast I immediately thought it would have uses in Assistive Technology circles and yes, they do already have information on such application of the device.
As it happens, this device has been around a ...
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