Have you ever had to participate in one of those corporate-style brainstorming sessions where people blurt out whatever comes to mind while a facilitator...
The Mark VIII keyboard is now up at http://blog.russnelson.com/chordite/ ! This one is functional, as opposed to a cardboard mockup. -- --my blog is at...
Interesting how those lens-shaped openings appear at the bends. You're going to need to stop that fraying where the corregated touches the heel of the hand....
Has anybody ever made any charts designed for learning the chords? I've made a reasonable diagram for learning one-key and two-key chords. The three-key chord...
Maybe I'm missing what you mean Russ. The files section of this group has a chart in alphabetical order and of course in the download there's that one in...
... yeah, I cut a slot with the idea that that would help me make the bend because there was less plastic to have to heat up. Didn't work, because the edges...
... I'm looking to manufacture the keyboard, and I fully expect that customers will have (or at least perceive) a steeper learning curve than the one you...
I have no idea how he did it but I just put into the files section two very nifty chord diagrams made by Paul Bryant; one each for left- and right-hand units....
A friend of mine points out that you can expand the size of the gesture space by taking the order of the button press into account. For example, S is assigned...
Several such schemes, some of them insanely intricate, have been patented in the US. The patents typically expire fruitlessly and become public domain. You...
... He claims not, but expects me to do my own research. :-) -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com | When immigration is Crynwr sells support for...
... Give him Jay Leno's race between cell phone text messaging and Morse code, http://n6tv.kkn.net/Text_vs_Morse_Leno_2005_05_13.wmv and send him away....
I found the Chordite site yesterday, and the planets were in the right alignment to spark my interest. Here's what I came up with after a few hours last night...
Hi David, Very cool. Thanks for sharing. These are the first thoughts that pop into my head. 1 To effect the back bottom brace, what I sometimes call the...
I was just casually googling around today and happened upon a very interesting 64-page project report for a U. Michigan mechanical engineering course; ME...
... I saw that as well. They agree with me that a fixed-size keyboard is necessary for a product. ... Estimating demand is always a headache. -- --my blog is...
... ... I saw that as well. They agree with me that a fixed-size keyboard is necessary for a product. ... ========================== Well, I'll go so far as...
... Yeah, but consumers want things they buy to look sturdy. Plus if it's to slip into a pocket, it shouldn't be all pokey-out things. Not that I should talk!...
Hi Ray, I use the read-chord-on-1st-release algorithm described by Bequaert et al. in US patent 4042777, although my patent text talks about an inferior scheme...
Poking around with google scholar I discovered today another ME thesis on wearable keyboards, this one at MIT by Alexander Mekelburg, titled "Ergonomic,...
I googled up better pictures of the Mekelburg prototype in another MIT thesis: http://architecture.mit.edu/house_n/documents/Lopez05.pdf They're on page 77. He...
Now and again I hear from folks who, apart from any question about which is the best design, apparently see no big market for wearable keyboards in general. I...
Sometimes words just fail me: http://gadgets.fosfor.se/phantom-wireless-lapboard/ http://phantom.net/home.html I think you're supposed to sit in a chair with...
Well said, John. I think wearable computers will eventually be viewed in much the same way that we view the internet today - "How did we ever live without...
Greetings, all. I was introduced to chorded/chording keyboards many (12+) years ago when I saw the BAT keyboard at Comdex. I remember thinking what a great...
Microsoft Word has a tremendously powerful feature called "auto-correct". I don't think many people are aware of it beyond being pleasantly surprised when it...
Hi Donny, The forum style is probably preferable but moving old notes seems like a hassle. This isn't what you'd call a high volume group ;-) As for the thumb....
... Yes. You don't want to be juggling a lot of little gizmos from hand to hand. I usually think in terms of two: a (small) cell phone that snaps onto (the...
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