Next Generation Input Devices?

TenDimensions asks: "Has anyone at Slashdot seen this new input device and tried it out? What's it like? There's no doubt that new computer input devices are on the way (did anyone use the Minority Report-style hand-gesture detector at the car show a couple of months ago?) This seems interesting enough to try out, but I thought I'd ask you folks before I plunked down the money."

Comments

Whats wrong with plain old keyboard?

[Asicath]

Jeez, it seems about once a month there is a post dealing with "Next-Generation" or "New and Improved" keyboards.

My ass is a better input device then most of these devices.

The particualar device you've posted looks to be the biggest loser of them all. Its not gesture recognition like in minority report, it looks a bit more like the "keys" have light sensors under their surface or that they work like micowave buttons.

Because of this and the fact that the buttons are so close together, the chances of hitting unintended keys most be 1 in 2, you'd be better off trying to type with your hands on a on-screen keyboard on a palm pilot. Most of the instructions for this device seem to be warnings on how not to set off the keys.

re: Whats wrong with plain old keyboard?

[bbk]

"My ass is a better input device then most of these devices."

I hope you never end up in prison.

Great for lousy typists!

[pete-classic]

Two-finger typists, [and] one-handed typists [. . .] should immediately feel at home with the compact key layout.

I read that as "If you can't type worth a damn on a real keyboard, you'll do just as well on this thing!"

-Peter

Re:Probably not worth it

[orthogonal]

It looks too small to be comfortable.

It looks like you meant this to be a reply to the first post's: My ass is a better input device then most of these devices.

Is there a subtle homoerotic subtext (that I'd prefer to be missing) going on here?