Input Device
The Designer Mouse by Philippe Starck
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High profile European designer Philippe Starck has provided the centrepiece of the latest collection of input devices Microsoft design executives. Microsoft's first designer mouse, Optical Mouse by S+ARCK is certainly eye-catching with an illuminated coloured spine and sleek silver shape. Read More
A Sony PlayStation 2 Controller with a built in keyboard
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Convergence, convergence everywhere. The signs of a mispent youth were once a highly developed ability with a billards cue. Now it's lighning reflexes and multi-tasking abilities to rival a supercomputer. Now PS2 players can chat and program commands directly from the controller while playing online games. Nyko Technologies' new iType2 PS2 controller has a miniature keyboard built directly into the pad and allows players to chat, share information and type messages to other players with no interruptions in gameplay. Read More
Virtual keyboard could revolutionise telephone usage
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The Virtual Keyboard (VKB) has reached market in the UK and the world will be watching over the coming months to see how this new and potentially very important device is adopted. The VKB could revolutionise the way that PDAs and Smartphones are used, exploiting much of the unused computing power of such mobile devices, thus helping users to work more effectively on the move. Read More
PenPhone enables handwriting input while writing on anything
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The unusually-shaped Siemens mobile PenPhone concept is unique in the way it incorporates handwriting recognition. The PenPhone will let users write on anything and enter text in that form via the integrated handwriting recognition. Read More
Memory-Mouse with 32 MB
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Tuesday August 12, 2003: There's a growing array of options these days when it comes to portable data storage - PDAs, MP3 players, thumb-drives, wristwatches and now even the humble mouse can perform this valuable service. Capable of storing files of up to 32MB, the Memory Mouse enables users to transfer data onto PC or Mac... Read More
In-air mouse lets you leave the desk behind
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The Ultra GT Cordless Optical Mouse features a its unique "in-air" motion-sensing capability that allows the user to accurately control the cursor with movements more akin to waving a wand than using a mouse. The Ultra GT can be used on the desk or at a distance of up to 10 metres... Read More
Rechargeable Mouse beats cordless power supply problems
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Logitech's solution is to cordless power supply problems is a rapid charge base station that both stores and keeps the mouse powered and ready for use. Read More
Kitty virtual keyboard solution
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The increasing power, efficiency and miniaturisation of personal computing devices has sparked a transformation in the way we look at inputting data - cumbersome keyboards are definitely out and speech recognition systems are not yet successful enough to offer a seamless alternative. As part of our ongoing look at new keyboard concepts, Gizmag investigates a system that combines finger-mounted input with touch-typing movements as its method of data entry. Read More
Innovative Fastap Keyboard
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Billed as a replacement for the 50-year old telephone keypad, the Fastap utilises the space between buttons to superimpose numeric and alphabetic keyboards onto each other and create the equivalent of a desktop keyboard... Read More
Write emails with the original input device - the pen
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Digital writing has now become a reality for consumers with the release of the Logitech io, a pen and paper system that "remembers" what you write, capturing up to 40 pages of handwriting at a time.. Read More
New Keyboard Concepts
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In an era of smaller and smaller PDAs, Smart Phones and even Wearable Computers, the problem of how to efficiently interface with these devices looms large. Technology is answering the call however, with a number of innovative solutions on the way... Read More
Douglass Engelbart - father of the mouse
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At a Computer Conference in 1968, Engelbart demonstrated a personal computer with a one-handed keyboard, word processing, split windows, shared documents, e-mail filtering, desktop conferencing and a mouse. Read More
