From: Jeff Miller <jeffm@dynamite.com.au>
On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 12:04:27PM -0500, jimoriset@aol.com wrote:
> A Typewriter Glove would slip on one hand. The hand could be in any position,
> such as resting lightly on one's stomach while lying down, or in one's lap
> while sitting. Sensors in the joints of the glove would input to the
> computer, and a simple combination of finger positions could easily represent
> more than the entire ASCII key set and all abbreviations. It would be
> somewhat like signing (using sign language) and could even be patterned
> similarly. I do not know sign language, so cannot speak for that.
Using sign langauge with a glove would not be that bad an idea. Although,
every deaf person in the place would be eavsdropping on that private email
of yours, plus you'd get some strange looks from people around you. But
with practice it might be possible to develop contracted signs that could
be "typed" with your hand at your side. You could walk and type at the
same time or with on public transport. I wouldn't recommend driving and
typing though.
Offhand, I'd suggest fibres for the sensor in the glove as they're hard
wearing and immune to many enviromental factors - type underwater. Simply
pulse a laser down each fibre and measure the time it takes for each
reflection to come back. The time to the reflection would tell you the if
and where a bend was, the intencity of the reflection would tell you how
sever the bend is - not that you'd measure this last one as all you care
about is that a bend is greater than some threshold.
Jeff.
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