OT: Re: Re: Kinesis sighting - and the Fellowes Stowaway

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:45:14 -0500 Carl Pearson wrote:
> kattdood wrote:
> 
> > The Kinesis does look futuristic. Perhaps someone has used one in 
> > some near-future movies? Far-future movies (eg Star Trek) would 
> > probably have entirely different keyboards anyway.
> >   
> Absolutely!  They don't type in Star Trek - remember Scottie with the 
> mouse in IV?
> 
> Naw, we've been waiting a while, but things will go start to go
> verbal once the hardware can keep up (which it *almost* can, but not
> quite).

http://web.archive.org/web/20001216205300/www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/animations/episodes/sw/09/09.html

Or, if the link is split, hit http://web.archive.org/ and search for
www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/animations/episodes/sw/09/09.html

This flash embedded cartoon is what voice computing will actually be
like, I'm convinced.

> I only say 'start', because the other half of that equation is of
> course the fact that writing & speaking use two different parts of
> the brain, so one can't really say that just because you *can* talk
> into your 'puter, you always *should*.  (For one thing, the sheer
> volume in an office environment would drive many batty, even if
> everyone around you had to keep it down by mumbling.  Maybe more so
> if some decibel-shy group manager made sure everyone around you *had
> to* mumble.)
> 
> Then again, they're doing wonders with prosthetics these days, and
> the benefits of that research will be enormous.  Perhaps before long
> we may solve the proverbial two birds & just think in typing.  Were
> that to occur, it would be interesting to see if any correlation was
> made to RSI, based on the way your mental keyboard was laid out.
> 
> BTW, not that it's especially futuristic, but have been enjoying my
> DAS keyboard, and have discovered I guess I didn't really learn the
> whole keyboard as well as I thought I did.  For programming, seems
> I'm always hitting the small 'L' instead of the forward slash, and
> numbers in the middle (5 - 9) seem to throw me off more than they
> should.

-ArielMT