Canesta Keyboard

Thunderforge · 09-25-2002

This will be pretty sweet for the gadget-lovin PDA owners once it is released. Of course it will probably have to be integrated by the manufacturer.

Looks pretty slick though.

Canesta Keyboard (View the Clip!)

blackwave · 09-25-2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Thunderforge
This will be pretty sweet for the gadget-lovin PDA owners once it is released. Of course it will probably have to be integrated by the manufacturer.

Looks pretty slick though.

Hot Damn! That is Fn spiffy! I would feel like lt cmdr data .. a serious must have

lincomatic · 09-25-2002

i dunno about this. looks k00l at first but i doubt it'll ever catch on because:

1) there's no tactile feedback. it has the same problem as the universal remote simulators and the PDA phones. you can't feel where the buttons are so you have to always be looking at them.
and even when you look at your fingers your speed of typing will be hampered by the lack of feedback since your fingers can't tell where the edges of the keys are.

2) lighting problems. can you see this thing in bright light like say, outdoors?

astcell · 09-25-2002

Am I the only one who saw this on TechTV months ago? Of course I guess you need to lift fingers out of the way for the space bar and lower keys to be seen.

blackwave · 09-25-2002

lincomatic, don't spoil it!... if the crew on star trek doesn't require tacticle feedback, neither do i!... if it came with a free start trek uniform, I would get it in a second!

lt cmdr data sure can type fast, though if I were him/it I would surely use my wifi to chat with the computer instead of using a keyboard panel

lincomatic · 09-25-2002

if ya like canesta maybe you'd like the virtual keypad that was demoed @ comdex last yr. you wear some rings on your fingers and then just move your fingers in the air like you're punching a virtual phone keypad. looks pretty dorky walking on the street doing it though, and since it was based on a telephone keypad it was as slow as doing SMS on a phone....but what i liked is you can do it on the move.

TheSovereign · 09-25-2002

why dont u just go voice controlled
dragon naturally speaking is making a pda version

astcell · 09-25-2002

Quote:

Originally posted by lincomatic
you wear some rings on your fingers and then just move your fingers in the air like you're punching a virtual phone keypad.

Can you type with your hands in your pockets then too?

blackwave · 09-25-2002

Quote:

Originally posted by astcell
Can you type with your hands in your pockets then too?

Yuck... astcell that is just gross.

lincomatic · 09-25-2002

Quote:

Originally posted by TheSovereign
why dont u just go voice controlled
dragon naturally speaking is making a pda version

1) it's even dorkier to walk around talking to yourself
2) want everyone to hear what you're typing?

sparafina · 09-25-2002

Tried using a twiddler for input? That would be a very disturbing sight, especially with you hand in your pocket and mumbling to yourself.

Eyecannon · 09-25-2002

http://www.palminfocenter.com/images/wearable_kit.jpg
http://ivpgi.com/armkey.jpg

blackwave · 09-25-2002

Quote:

Originally posted by lincomatic
1) it's even dorkier to walk around talking to yourself

I see homeless people doing this all the time in places like L.A. ... so people may think you are either homeless or a geek.

blackwave · 09-25-2002

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Originally posted by Eyecannon
http://www.palminfocenter.com/images/wearable_kit.jpg

nice! where do I get her? (if anyone was paying attention to the gadgetry you really need help ;)

Eyecannon · 09-25-2002

ohhh this one looks secksi: http://www.l3sys.com/wristpc/wristpc.html

09-25-2002	#1 (permalink)
Thunderforge Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 342	Canesta Keyboard This will be pretty sweet for the gadget-lovin PDA owners once it is released. Of course it will probably have to be integrated by the manufacturer. Looks pretty slick though. Canesta Keyboard (View the Clip!) __________________ Back to the forge, TF

09-25-2002	#3 (permalink)
lincomatic Squaaawk! WiFi! WiFi! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tinsel Town Posts: 1,682	i dunno about this. looks k00l at first but i doubt it'll ever catch on because: 1) there's no tactile feedback. it has the same problem as the universal remote simulators and the PDA phones. you can't feel where the buttons are so you have to always be looking at them. and even when you look at your fingers your speed of typing will be hampered by the lack of feedback since your fingers can't tell where the edges of the keys are. 2) lighting problems. can you see this thing in bright light like say, outdoors? __________________ ~lincomatic

09-25-2002	#5 (permalink)
blackwave Do I look like I'm joking Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: SoCal, OC Posts: 4,507	lincomatic, don't spoil it!... if the crew on star trek doesn't require tacticle feedback, neither do i!... if it came with a free start trek uniform, I would get it in a second! lt cmdr data sure can type fast, though if I were him/it I would surely use my wifi to chat with the computer instead of using a keyboard panel __________________ -=BW=-

09-25-2002	#6 (permalink)
lincomatic Squaaawk! WiFi! WiFi! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tinsel Town Posts: 1,682	if ya like canesta maybe you'd like the virtual keypad that was demoed @ comdex last yr. you wear some rings on your fingers and then just move your fingers in the air like you're punching a virtual phone keypad. looks pretty dorky walking on the street doing it though, and since it was based on a telephone keypad it was as slow as doing SMS on a phone....but what i liked is you can do it on the move. __________________ ~lincomatic

09-25-2002	#7 (permalink)
TheSovereign Master of the universe Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: chicago Posts: 658	why dont u just go voice controlled dragon naturally speaking is making a pda version __________________ SO SAYS TheSovereign

09-25-2002	#4 (permalink)
astcell Stumbling Stumbler Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Southern CA Posts: 589	Am I the only one who saw this on TechTV months ago? Of course I guess you need to lift fingers out of the way for the space bar and lower keys to be seen.

09-25-2002	#11 (permalink)
sparafina Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: TX,MD,NY Posts: 1,430	Tried using a twiddler for input? That would be a very disturbing sight, especially with you hand in your pocket and mumbling to yourself.

09-25-2002	#12 (permalink)
Eyecannon Ward River Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Santa Monix Posts: 679	http://www.palminfocenter.com/images/wearable_kit.jpg http://ivpgi.com/armkey.jpg __________________ No, officer, YOU are under arrest! http://eyecannon.com/wardrive.html Last edited by Eyecannon : 09-25-2002 at 04:55 PM.

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