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Yodums
11-18-01, 05:27 PM
Now aint this neat or what..

http://www.xp-erience.org/article.php?sid=439&mode=thread&order=0
JigPu
11-18-01, 05:43 PM
o.O

That's some serious weirdness! There aren't any refrence points for your fingers to go to in order to type.... It's MUCH too hard to type. I just tried it. :D

I can just imagine seeing somebody type on air....
JigPu
WillysNut
11-18-01, 05:54 PM
I agree, Neat gadget, but how does it really work? What happens if you have mouse and you start clicking the keys? :)
I'm sure you have to get used to it. I bet it would be sweet for gamming though, where the number of keys used is usually limited.
nihili
11-18-01, 06:21 PM
If they can get it working right, someone will come up with an alternate layout that will make it much easier.

nihili
Yodums
11-18-01, 06:46 PM
Originally posted by nihili
If they can get it working right, someone will come up with an alternate layout that will make it much easier.

nihili

You have a point.. This has just began it'll expand fast!
Silversinksam
11-18-01, 07:23 PM
Originally posted by nihili
If they can get it working right, someone will come up with an alternate layout that will make it much easier.

nihili


nihili,

Im waiting for a gadget that youmerely just think about what content you want printed and it just does it by just thinking it :p
FRANK
11-18-01, 08:46 PM
I think that thing has merit, I just can't figure out how I'd be able to fit all ten of those sensors on my two index fingers.
-=HN=- Wild9
11-18-01, 10:00 PM
wow thats some kewl stuff there, but i would be like unable to type with them , for i need a reference for my fingers to know which keys to type.
ymNA
11-18-01, 10:34 PM
Originally posted by Silversinksam



nihili,

Im waiting for a gadget that youmerely just think about what content you want printed and it just does it by just thinking it :p
what if somebody is next to you while you are at your computer doing word processing and you think about something that your not suppose to?:D
Punk
11-19-01, 12:17 AM
Originally posted by Yodums
Now aint this neat or what..

http://www.xp-erience.org/article.php?sid=439&mode=thread&order=0
thats one of the stupidest things i've seen. it would be too hard to type anything. i prefer my wireless keyboard over that anyday.
fuzzba11
11-19-01, 04:40 AM
Originally posted by Silversinksam

Im waiting for a gadget that youmerely just think about what content you want printed and it just does it by just thinking it :p

Hmm...that might not be a good idea...

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:D :p
_Will_
11-19-01, 04:44 AM
Originally posted by JigPu
o.O

That's some serious weirdness! There aren't any refrence points for your fingers to go to in order to type.... It's MUCH too hard to type. I just tried it. :D

I can just imagine seeing somebody type on air....
JigPu


yeah...was "trying it out as well" VERY awkward.....but so is everything when u first use it, right? (but not trackballs...they're just EVIL!!!)

on second hand....i have problems enough with a normal keyboard :D
Gresyth
11-19-01, 07:50 AM
More Coolness. One of my buds has one of these. It' neat, when you dont need it just roll it up and wrap the cord around it and stick it in your shirt pocket (he has done that).
Flexi Keyboard (http://www.inpace.com/flexi.html)
Wa11y
11-19-01, 07:52 AM
Love to get me one of those! Or a firewire plug in the back of my head. Whichever....
Über~PhLuBB
11-19-01, 10:59 PM
If you've typed on a laptop, you've typed on one of those.

Personally, I cant stand laptop keyboards, not because of the size, but because of the lack of resistance. I need a "clicK" and the feeling of the key being depressed several millimeters, otherwise i don't know I've hit the key hard enough.

If you use home keys or dont need to look at the keyboard, I suppose one could make due without one.
Krusty
11-21-01, 12:35 AM
I just tried doing the typing thing in the air too and that will take a LOT of practice to get used to.

Also, since there is a sensor on each finger, it would probably figure out what key you are hitting depeinding on the finger moving. No more of my own special typing techniques. I would need to use the 'correct' fingers on the 'correct' keys in order to get it to work correctly. Then there's the case of not having both hands free. tough to eat and send ims at the same time even with this nice tray on me lap now. You can no longer do th eone finger pecking thing.