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From: dooley@helios.toronto.edu (Kevin Dooley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Glove / New Pointer Device ???
Keywords: pointer gloves
Message-ID: <761@helios.toronto.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 89 14:39:25 GMT
References: <1211@microsoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley)
Organization: University of Toronto Physics/Astronomy/CITA
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In article <1211@microsoft.UUCP> t-iaind@microsoft.UUCP (Iain Davidson) writes:
>    A company (don't remember their name) is making a mouse replacement
>  "electronic glove" like pointing device.  Supposedly the story goes
>  it has 100 switches in it and plugs into a mouse port.  It is a infrared
>  device , measuring the distance between your hand and the screen. It even
>  can keep track of relative up/down left/right position of your hand. It
>  can detect literally _millions_ of positions of hand and fingers.
>
>  and get this...... price only $50.
                                 ~~~
   Yeah, right.  An ordinary joystick can run into this price range
and you expect us to believe that we can buy something with a 100
microswitches all cleverly microplexed together with an infrared detector
can sell for $50?  Ordinarily I wouldn't be upset by this kind of
hoaxery so near to April 1, but your article is dated April 3 and
that ain't kosher!

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