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...
Autocorrect _is_ cool but it's maybe not for everyone. You really have to watch it. I need both "please don't hesitate" and Ph.D. Funny things can happen. ...
You're missing the point, Russ. While auto-correct is intended for correcting typos, the real power of it comes from by converting abbreviations (for commonly...
I'm very new to this whole "chord-based" keyboard thing (I'd never even heard of them until a few hours ago), but it seems to me that going wireless would be a...
Your instincts are right. If you click on Messages in the left frame and search on "wireless" you'll see what's been said here. It comes down to wireless...
... Quite true. Broadcom even has a chip designed for keyboards. I'm trying to find out if it can be used for chording as opposed to matrix keyboards. I...
... Thanks for the pointer. I see they actually have two, although the second one seems to be just an "advanced" variant of the first with on-board memory so...
... Newer one is lower power. It has an 8051 core, which I'm sure holds the code which generates keystrokes; if not the entire bluetooth stack. ... That only...
... ... The real problem is implementing the key down / key up counting. ================= Ahem. I rather liked my way, in kbm06.asm. If you have two ...
The subject of sequences, as opposed to chords, has been discussed here and elsewhere, the extreme case being Morse code which needs only one key. At...
I've posted some pics of my chordite at http://www.yargybot.com/WearablePC/Chordite/ I intend to do a fairly detailed write-up on it, but it's nearly 3am now...
... update: First page of the write-up is done. More to follow. The old page with the links to the other pic's is still available, but has been renamed. It's...
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