FascinationWithKeyboards

Last edit January 12, 2005
In the movie, "The Devil's Advocate," Al Pacino's character tells us why a woman's neck is so intriguing: Because it is the link between her mind and her body.

The keyboard is the link between the man and his machine.

Strange little grid of buttons: I love you.


Everyone wants to build a better input device.

Here are some things people are trying or talking about:

The variants: The deviants:
  • DataHand
  • One Hand: HandyKey, InfoGrip
  • ShoeKeyboard
  • PianoKeyboard
  • Using plants that sense human emotions as input devices. Believe it or not this is technically feasible.
  • The Mouse -- Though it's unbeatable in certain tasks and has a smaller barrier-to-entry, is just too limited to oust our polybuttonic friend.
  • BioFeedback


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