OT: WTF is this keyboard thing?
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:41 am
I was thinking, "maybe i'll give 50$ for such a strange thing".
But 1200$? Damn
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OT: WTF is this keyboard thing?
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:49 am
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:51 am
anybody hear remember the movie Johnny Neumonic?
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:04 am
Mnemonic you mean.suburbanbather wrote:anybody hear remember the movie Johnny Neumonic?
Vaguely, keaunu with a package in his head that kills him or something.
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:05 am
weird
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:13 am
That controller reminds of the way he navigates through cyberspace. One of my friends found that movie on clearance for like $6 (DVD). I thought that movie was cool when I saw it in the theatre but seeing it again after 11 or 12 years makes me think of how STUPID that movie was.
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:32 am
That device looks just stupid 
I am still waiting for a decent hapticcomputing interface.
A few years back I saw a bit of research which was basically a box with a stick coming out of the top - the idea was to move the stick about in the box,like stiring a cup of coffee
The key thing was: by altering settings you could make the box feel like it was full of ice, or gravel, or jelly, or make it seem like there was a mountainous terrain on the bottom of the box.
I hope you can see the potential for controlling virtual instruments with a full development of this technology.
I am still waiting for a decent hapticcomputing interface.
A few years back I saw a bit of research which was basically a box with a stick coming out of the top - the idea was to move the stick about in the box,like stiring a cup of coffee
The key thing was: by altering settings you could make the box feel like it was full of ice, or gravel, or jelly, or make it seem like there was a mountainous terrain on the bottom of the box.
I hope you can see the potential for controlling virtual instruments with a full development of this technology.
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:11 am
holy shit! i didn't even see that, good thing we're all rich, eh?hoffman2k wrote:I was thinking, "maybe i'll give 50$ for such a strange thing".
But 1200$? Damn
k
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 9:38 am
sHt lads, its not so far off until we use something like that.
if you can type as fast as you talk (and i can - symptom of pc day job) then a device like that might be the labor saving gadget you need.
next thing is electrodes you stick to your head - thought controls your machine.
haha. imagine the sloppy sh8t you'd be doing after a load of grog and a satchel full o bud.
if you can type as fast as you talk (and i can - symptom of pc day job) then a device like that might be the labor saving gadget you need.
next thing is electrodes you stick to your head - thought controls your machine.
haha. imagine the sloppy sh8t you'd be doing after a load of grog and a satchel full o bud.
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:57 am
From time to time I come back to thinking about the old organ foot pedals. Really. Nowdays, they could have sliders, buttons, programmable.
Switching everything with a toe. OK, there are foot controllers, like these for guitar playing. But real bass pedals!
// C
Switching everything with a toe. OK, there are foot controllers, like these for guitar playing. But real bass pedals!
// C
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:45 pm
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:24 pm
I researched this datahand device about 3 years ago for my boss since I was doing data entry. One of the coolest features was that there's a thumbswitch that turns the index finger key into a mouse instantly. Really cool product, but yeah the price is outrageous.
data-gloves
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:34 pm
The price is ridiculous. I just saw Ross Bencina (the man behind audio-mulch) two days ago doing a concert here in Barcelona. He was using a data-glove as well, but a different one, one that you get for less than 20 $ as a gadget for gamers. Me and my flatmate ordered two of them, as soon as we get them and I have tested it out I will write a post about it for this forum.