Reading Your Mind: Interfaces for Wearable Computing

[SweetBlissfulDeathxD]

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[pentell24]

hey cristeen

[pentell24]

i just waisted a fricin hour of my life

[janicedebattista]

lol@ drunktoaster! my thoughts exactly! ps: sailorbarsoom, i didnt say it was boring, i couldnt say that coz i didnt actually watch it! i said im not gonna watch it coz it MIGHT be boring! get the difference? :S

[SailorBarsoom]

This was very interesting.

I wonder; if you could somehow track the fingers, you wouldn't need a physical keyboard at all. The system would be able to determine that, if there had been a keyboard, those specific finger movements would have written "I love you, but only on Tuesdays" or whatever.

[thadstarner]

We've looked at that idea. The problem is a lack of tactile feedback. How do you know when the button was "pressed?" One could use an audio beep or vibrations delivered from rings on the fingers, but no one has done formal studies on how that effects performance. Canesta did one study on their projection keyboard with OK results, but the user still has the tactile feedback of hitting the surface of the desk.

[SailorBarsoom]

I hadn't really thought of that. I mean, there is a tactile feedback (I'm tapping with my fingers), but I have to admit that tapping a dest just doesn't feel the same as tapping a keyboard.

As for an audio cue, I'd guess a click/tap sound would be better than a beep. Don't know about vibration.

Ah well. Just goes to show that it isn't easy. If it were, we'd all be cyborgs by now.

[CBaggers]

":o im not watching 1 freakin hour."

Nobody says you have to...see the search box at the top? A whole world of videos suitable for you short-attention spanned dregs awaits within.

Anyhoo, awesome talk well worth the hours watch.

[simpleblob]

I endorse this message.

[DrunkToaster]

:o im not watching 1 freakin hour.

[krawczak]

Ah, I think I'm in geek love!

[anokiwolf]

I meant to thumb up your comment but hit the wrong button. oops.

[janicedebattista]

yeah right like im gonna spend 1 hour of my life sitting in front of my pc watching the same video which might end up bbooorriiinnggg in the end!!!!! gimme a break man lol

[SailorBarsoom]

If you have to watch the whole hour before you can determine whether or not it's bbooorriiinnggg then it isn't. A truly boring video will be obvious in much less than an hour.

BTW, this video is nearly an hour and a half.

[LTB14y]

1 hour wtf!!!!

[djmikedee]

They hacked the internet.

[dashman02]

dang 1 hour?

[Air420]

Viva the cyborgs!

[HateNeverCeasesHate]

If this is really the direction of computing, then I hate computers.

I feel like that this stuff will just remove human beings from the human experience.

[ostrorawr]

And the noise will scare the horses!

[davidpeterson86]

Are there any health implications of the wearable computer which should be addressed? e.g. the folks in Atlanta who wear bluetooth headpieces constantly (around 23:37 on the timeline).