Comments on: "Computers to merge with humans" http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/02/computers-to-merge-with-humans/ News and Updates on the Community. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:52:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kelly Dorset http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/02/computers-to-merge-with-humans/#comment-2374 Kelly Dorset Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:52:12 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/02/computers-to-merge-with-humans/#comment-2374 Lots of advances in flexible circuit boards/silicon chips etc too which means that epaper isn't that far away. I'm sure i've seen a prototype somewhere too... Lots of advances in flexible circuit boards/silicon chips etc too which means that epaper isn't that far away.

I'm sure i've seen a prototype somewhere too...

]]> By: Be3G http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/02/computers-to-merge-with-humans/#comment-2372 Be3G Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:56:21 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/02/computers-to-merge-with-humans/#comment-2372 Mind-controlled input is starting to become available now though - I remember reading a review on Engadget recently for some game controller that literally just picked up your thoughts and translated them to game commands (well, that's what it tried to do anyway - IIRC it wasn't that successful). So, given some refinement, I could certainly that being used as a method of text input for computers of the future... imagine that combined with something like MS's multitouch 'Surface' concept and you've got something pretty neat indeed. Mind-controlled input is starting to become available now though - I remember reading a review on Engadget recently for some game controller that literally just picked up your thoughts and translated them to game commands (well, that's what it tried to do anyway - IIRC it wasn't that successful). So, given some refinement, I could certainly that being used as a method of text input for computers of the future... imagine that combined with something like MS's multitouch 'Surface' concept and you've got something pretty neat indeed.

]]> By: Pancho http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/02/computers-to-merge-with-humans/#comment-2366 Pancho Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:45:18 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/02/computers-to-merge-with-humans/#comment-2366 Can you imagine an office full of people 'talking' to their computers? 'Are you on the phone or talking to me' a nearby PC would say. The mouse will still be the best input device and, if people actually learned to type, so will the keyboard. Flexibility and security should be the top two issues. 'Did you say something?' 'Peep, peep!' Ok then, I will empty your Temp folder and Waste Bin and give you a Defrag; how is that? Can you imagine an office full of people 'talking' to their computers? 'Are you on the phone or talking to me' a nearby PC would say. The mouse will still be the best input device and, if people actually learned to type, so will the keyboard. Flexibility and security should be the top two issues. 'Did you say something?' 'Peep, peep!' Ok then, I will empty your Temp folder and Waste Bin and give you a Defrag; how is that?

]]> By: Peter Jackson http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/02/computers-to-merge-with-humans/#comment-2362 Peter Jackson Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:50:25 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/02/computers-to-merge-with-humans/#comment-2362 To be fair few people in 1993 would have imagined the potential of the Internet as we see it today. The 'web' had only just popped out of CERN, *very* few people had local 'points of presence' (POPs) to dial into on their v.22 or v.32 (<9600bps) modems and you might forgive Bill G. for not 'getting it'. I'm pretty sure his guys did though.. I remember the fuss being made by IT guys generally about how Windows 95 had TCP/IP 'built in' - in previous Windows you had to install a Winsock (remember that?). It wasn't too long until we were all using IE3 was it? Anyway.. never mind about hoverboards, where are the blooming flying cars? To be fair few people in 1993 would have imagined the potential of the Internet as we see it today. The 'web' had only just popped out of CERN, *very* few people had local 'points of presence' (POPs) to dial into on their v.22 or v.32 (<9600bps) modems and you might forgive Bill G. for not 'getting it'. I'm pretty sure his guys did though.. I remember the fuss being made by IT guys generally about how Windows 95 had TCP/IP 'built in' - in previous Windows you had to install a Winsock (remember that?). It wasn't too long until we were all using IE3 was it?

Anyway.. never mind about hoverboards, where are the blooming flying cars?

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