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What Will Replace Computer Keyboards? (xconomy.com)
jeffengel writes:Computer keyboards will be phased out over the next 20 years, and we should think carefully about what replaces them as the dominant mode of communicating with machines, argues Android co-founder Rich Miner. Virtual reality technology and brain-computer links -- whose advocates include Elon Musk -- could lead to a "dystopian" future where people live their lives inside of goggles, or they jack directly into computers and become completely "de-personalized," Miner worries.
He takes a more "humanistic" view of the future of human-machine interfaces, one that frees us to be more expressive and requires computers to communicate on our level, not the other way around. That means software that can understand our speech, facial expressions, gestures, and handwriting. These technologies already exist, but have a lot of room for improvement.
One example he gives is holding up your hand to pause a video.
He takes a more "humanistic" view of the future of human-machine interfaces, one that frees us to be more expressive and requires computers to communicate on our level, not the other way around. That means software that can understand our speech, facial expressions, gestures, and handwriting. These technologies already exist, but have a lot of room for improvement.
One example he gives is holding up your hand to pause a video.
clearly the answer is right in front of us, spoons will replace them!!
Wow, you are totally wrong.
It is actually extremely obvious: A combination of ears tracking, sneezing, chicken dance capture and subjugated pattern-matching subroutines.
#DeleteFacebook
I'm still waiting for the paperless society computers were supposed to bring.
Not me!
I'm afraid I won't know how to use the 3 seashells...
You have the right to remain sentient. If you give up the right to remain sentient, you will be elected to public office
Based on history, worse computer keyboards.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."