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Some of the Weirder Ideas From CHI 2009

Posted by timothy on from the electrooculography-for-100-points-alex dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Technology Review has a roundup of some of the weirder ideas on show at last week's Computer-Human Interaction conference in Boston. They include a trackball that heats up as you roll over different parts of an image, a pair of goggles that track eye movements using electrooculography, and a miniature robot with a cellphone for its head."

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  1. Memory matches... by clone53421 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Officially dubbed "Stupidest Idea Ever".

    And no, I'm not going to explain. You'll just have to RTFA. :p

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    Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
    1. Re:Memory matches... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      mmm...

      to ruin it or not to ruin it... what the hell

      April's Fool!!!!