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From: sewilco@mecc.MECC.COM (Scot E. Wilcoxon)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Re: Input device
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Date: Fri, 23-Jan-87 09:22:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 23 09:22:08 1987
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Reply-To: sewilco@mecc.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon)
Organization: Minn Ed Comp Corp, St. Paul
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Summary: Pens?  Let's reinvent them.

I don't care to use longhand instead of typing for computer input, but then
for this imaginary computer we don't need to use a normal pen.

Instead, use a stylus whose position and orientation the computer can detect.

You could write on the surface, or write on the air nearby.  Put your hand
on the arm of your chair and use micromotions which have nothing to do with
normal longhand (the computer is trainable, of course).  Point at the image
projected on the room's CRT (you already told computer 'screen here' and
pointed at opposite corners of the screen).

You have a lot to say?  Slip on these gloves and type on air.

Several technologies capable of this are in use, and experiments with
similar devices have been made (the results will be helpful to designers).

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Scot E. Wilcoxon   Minn Ed Comp Corp  {quest,dayton,meccts}!mecc!sewilco
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