[TML] Seemingly High Tech Computer Stuff

[Traveller at dhimaging.com.au]

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[mailto:tml-bounces at travellercentral.com] On Behalf Of Michael Jenkins
Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2007 2:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [TML] Seemingly High Tech Computer Stuff

On 05/11/2007, James Ramsay <quakers_united at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Traveller at dhimaging.com.au wrote:
> > Surface looks like very interesting technology.  I imagine a generation
or
> > two down the road, almost every plastic or glass 'surface' will be
> > "Surface"-ready.  Imagine walking onto a computer lab, plugging your PDA
> > into a docking station, and the very walls light up.  You slip on the
> > Control Rings, and you start grabbing air as you sort through databases
and
> > photo libraries, working on your History report that's due tomorrow...
>
> And your arms get tired after ten minutes. I find people who expect
> modern white collar workers to do gross motor movements all day, to be
> absolutely hilarious. Same with Ton Cruise's computer from _Minority
> Report_, and _Lawn Mower Man_ versions of virtual reality. Not practical
> for anything but presentations and looking cool in movies.
>
> Really, why would I want to make working on a computer harder? There is
> nothing I can't do with a keyboard, a mouse, and a big display. The only
> input device that will change computing will be neural interfaces.

Likewise for voice interface - can you imagine trying to work in a
crowded office where everyone's talking to their computer?

Noisy.

-- 
Regards,
Michael Jenkins

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