KOSH [Kommunity Orientated Software Hardware]

Weekly Summary

Week:  29th March, 1999

Number: 010

Mailing List:  kosh-hardware-o

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a)

Subject:  Input Devices

Summary of Debate:  Numerous ideas were discussed.  First off: a user
                    configurable keyboard.  Second, a mouse which contains
                    a trackball embeded within it.  Third, the dataglove
                    was discussed.  There was some consideration of using
                    the dataglove to read sign language, but common sign
                    language systems utilize the position of the hand in
                    relation to the body.  Lastly, a full set of IR beams
                    was suggested, arranged in such a way that they would
                    measure movement in all three dimensions.