It's not just the programs, or the layout...
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Funny, I was thinking about this Zen state yesterday However, I think the real problem is the keyboard and mouse themselves. While we've made great leaps in every field of computer technology, interface has remained unchanged. We still use Keyboards and mice, my first computer did too. Why??? Take a console gaming system, for instance. It actually provides a much better method for interfacing, if you've ever used ones (the new ones can be a pain,with too many buttons and controller stances). That's much of the advantage with them. Why do we still use these primitive devices? The output hasn't changed much, either. Sure, we have speakers and surround now, but still, the monitor has remained almost the same (sure, the res is up- but it's still a TV-like device). And why oh why do we use the keyboard, still? Isn't there anything better? It is one of the reasons I've hoped so strongly that implants will be possible, to acheive a far smoother interface with the machine. Furthermore, the interface is far too generalized. Unlike a car, or a console gaming system, computers are designed to do everything. They're supposed to be typing machines, programming boxes, game stations, communications centers. It is not possible to have the specialization needed in such a wide package, without advancement in technology. We have things like force feedback joysticks (a truly rare use of the touch sense), pedals, voice activated things,, and other devices, but these are rarely used, as they are too specific. Anyway, that's just what I think.
Even if the brain isn't overly receptive to the technology at first, wouldn't it be easy(in the distant future) to combine the technology with genetic engineering so as to produce people at birth capable of handling 6 sense? Basically naturally producing an I/O port? That'd be interesting... The brain would become just another peice of hardware that'd need upgrading every few years.
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Funny, I was thinking about this Zen state yesterday
However, I think the real problem is the keyboard and mouse themselves. While we've made great leaps in every field of computer technology, interface has remained unchanged. We still use Keyboards and mice, my first computer did too. Why??? Take a console gaming system, for instance. It actually provides a much better method for interfacing, if you've ever used ones (the new ones can be a pain,with too many buttons and controller stances). That's much of the advantage with them.
Why do we still use these primitive devices? The output hasn't changed much, either. Sure, we have speakers and surround now, but still, the monitor has remained almost the same (sure, the res is up- but it's still a TV-like device). And why oh why do we use the keyboard, still? Isn't there anything better? It is one of the reasons I've hoped so strongly that implants will be possible, to acheive a far smoother interface with the machine.
Furthermore, the interface is far too generalized. Unlike a car, or a console gaming system, computers are designed to do everything. They're supposed to be typing machines, programming boxes, game stations, communications centers. It is not possible to have the specialization needed in such a wide package, without advancement in technology. We have things like force feedback joysticks (a truly rare use of the touch sense), pedals, voice activated things,, and other devices, but these are rarely used, as they are too specific.
Anyway, that's just what I think.
Even if the brain isn't overly receptive to the technology at first, wouldn't it be easy(in the distant future) to combine the technology with genetic engineering so as to produce people at birth capable of handling 6 sense? Basically naturally producing an I/O port? That'd be interesting... The brain would become just another peice of hardware that'd need upgrading every few years.