Air Typing

http://www.senseboard.com/products.htm

Imagine hooking up one of these to an empeg?

Calvin

Sweet. Now I just need to pick out a song for my Empeg to play when I'm giving people the finger.

Looks like vaporware if I've ever seen it.. notice the broad statements that they've patented this idea? i.e. - if someone DOES build it, they can claim that they thought of it first...

Patents suck.
-mark

Since they're a swedish company, I'll see if there somewhere one can take a look or try it...

Since the University of Uppsala is involved (looks like a spin-off company from a research project) I doubt it's totally vapor...

/Michael

Aparently they already have created a working model and are displaying and demoing it at comdex this year. I saw this on another website with pictures of the actual demo they where using. Yes it looks like it would be a cool idea but the demo they where displaying had "ring" like thing you slip on each finger and then wires all over the place. I think they might be able to get a good working model but of course they have a little ways to go till a finished product. The idea is great and so far it looks as if these guys might be able to implement it just as well.

That's a different company, one of their competitors.

Calvin

It was demoed at Comdex. Apparantly, it takes a little getting used to. The demonstrator was able to work it fine, however, when one of the reporters tried it, all he irked out of it was gobbedegook. But it's a start!

There was another company, one of their competitors, with a similar virtual keyboard. The competitor had to put on a thing on each finger. Theirs you just wear a pair on your hands.

Calvin

I'm looking forward to getting my normal dose of RSI without having to actually touch a keyboard...

Imagine a subway full of people, with their hands on their knees, silently typing away. Perhaps with an earpiece and one of those eyeglasses with built in monitor things.

Calvin

That brings to mind the Borg, now I'm really scared !

I so wanted to post this Dilbert comic I know exists somewhere, but I can't find it. In it, Dogbert (I think) foresees a future when computers will have only virtual interfaces and engineers will walk around wearing VR headsets and typing in the air on non-existant keyboards. In the last panel, Wally is walking around twiddling his fingers in mid-air and someone asks ``So -- are you an engineer?'', to which he responds, ``No. Just a spaz.''

Man, I wanted to find an image of it, but to no avail. Loses quite a bit in the translation.

Greetings!

I was thinking of the same image, but I cannot remember the date.

All they need now is contact lenses with built in displays.

Calvin