Microsoft is looking into deploying foot controls to give computer users' hands a break from typing and moving the mouse around. The technology might aid in battling repetitive stress injury.
At its annual TechFest in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft Research presented its Step User Interface. Using a sensor mat, researchers demonstrated how individuals can use the technology to perform repetitive tasks such as scrolling and to open, close, delete or flag email messages or move them to folders by tapping on six buttons on the floor. In another application they created foot controls to brows and sort a digital photo collection.
News source: vnunet.com
At its annual TechFest in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft Research presented its Step User Interface. Using a sensor mat, researchers demonstrated how individuals can use the technology to perform repetitive tasks such as scrolling and to open, close, delete or flag email messages or move them to folders by tapping on six buttons on the floor. In another application they created foot controls to brows and sort a digital photo collection.
News source: vnunet.com
Typically, nausea.
Impossible to imagine... True hardcore programmers don't use MS products.
Real programmers use MS products.
getting a razer diamondback mouse for home (light as a feather)
and removing the weight from my mouse at work (dell, now much lighter)
and increasing the responsiveness of both (now nobody likes using my mice cos theyre too fast!
also learning a hell of a lot of keyboard shortcuts, buying a mac, and getting the latest software.
this looks great for people with limited motility, but could be another bad one for microsoft.
i mean, wasn't microsoft the ones who invented the Natural Keyboard, then years later publicly said it never worked.
Duh!
still, not entirely sure how using a mac can relieve RSI.
HUH-HUH-HUH-HUH-Warp speed Mr. Sulu.
This whole thing reminds me of the South Park episode where Mr. Garrison invents that Segway-like machine with the, uh, *cough* "unusual" controls.
The funniest part is that they had a cartoon likeness of Bill Gates as one of the people in the audience watching the demonstration. Ouch!
Video (legal) here:
http://www.tv.com/south-park/the-entity-a....90/summary.html
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