OT: WTF is this keyboard thing?

dirtystudios · Post by **dirtystudios** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:41 am

Anyone ever seen or used this gadget before?

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hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:49 am

I was thinking, "maybe i'll give 50$ for such a strange thing".
But 1200$? Damn

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:51 am

anybody hear remember the movie Johnny Neumonic?

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:04 am

suburbanbather wrote:anybody hear remember the movie Johnny Neumonic?

Mnemonic you mean.
Vaguely, keaunu with a package in his head that kills him or something.

the8bitdeity · Post by **the8bitdeity** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:05 am

weird

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » 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.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » 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.

dirtystudios · Post by **dirtystudios** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:11 am

hoffman2k wrote:I was thinking, "maybe i'll give 50$ for such a strange thing".
But 1200$? Damn

holy shit! i didn't even see that, good thing we're all rich, eh?

k

Cache · Post by **Cache** » 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.

conny · Post by **conny** » 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

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:45 pm

thetonewrecker · Post by **thetonewrecker** » 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.

pepezabala · Post by **pepezabala** » 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.

OT: WTF is this keyboard thing?

OT: WTF is this keyboard thing?

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