A soon to come new era for computer input devices?
Written on May 9, 2006
I have for a long time been wondering when we are going to see some major breakthrougs in terms of computer interfaces. All the way back since the first typewriters we have been used to relate to computers by using sources of input such as the mice and QWERTY keyboards. Many attempts have been launched to either make the input device smaller such as foldable keyboards used as input for various PDA devices, projected QWERTY keyboards such as the one manufactured by virtualdevices, word and letter recognition on PDA´s and tablet computers as well as several forms of interaction by means of voice and sound recognition.
Foldable keyboard by Meritline
The virtual keyboard by Virtual Devices
Recently I have been quite impressed by the so called intuitive, “interface-free” touch driven computer screen presented by Ted Han at the TED conference 2006. This must be one of the most exciting improvements in many years. Click play and be amazed!
From ted.com:
Jeff Han is a research scientist for New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences . Here, he demonstrates — for the first time publicly — his intuitive, “interface-free,” touch-driven computer screen, which can be manipulated intuitively with the fingertips, and responds to varying levels of pressure.Jeff Han at TED
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