Re: Future Tech

On Mar 30, 6:55 am, "Homer L. Hazel" <homerl...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Mar 29, 12:09 pm, Tronic <ttrroonni...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 26, 2:16 am, Kevin Powick <kpow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Pretty slick.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.....

Stand by for TG advertisement offering assistance to interface it with
any MV system for a reasonable fee.

--
Kevin Powick

but why do they still buy a newspaper or a book? in paper

oh right i remember print is still copyright apologies for
interrrupting

No, I really like your original question.  I suspect it's because the system
is still
in its infancy.  It's not intelligent at all.  It just has a few interfaces
programmed
in.  For Example, the picture taking.  I think that's neat, but it would
depend on
the quality of the photos whether I would really use it or not.  What if I
held up
a bus ticket?  It probably would not know what it was until it was told what
it was.

Is there voice recognition?  I didn't see any examples.  Did anyone else?

I saw a device the other day - someplace - that projected a keyboard using
LED's or some such onto a flat surface.  That might be very convenient for
them to program into this interface.  When you hold your hands out in front
of
you in a typing position, it would display a keyboard for you to type on.

Having said that, I think the gizmo was really neat.  Much better than the
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You can pick up the projected keyboad from www.thinkgeek.com -
haven't managed to talk any of my customer into buying one yet, but
would probably be quickly relegated to the shelf alongside my rollup/
rubberised keyboard. The "feel" of my "rollup" version is OK, but if
you are a two finger typist like me, who really "whacks" the keys hard
(I'm a 2 keyboard a year kinda guy), I can see that there could be
some adjustment.

That said, I still like the idea for demos --> a great/subtle way to
dispell the "isn't Pick old fashined?" Think about it. If you rocked
up to give a prospect a presentation, and you whipped out a futuristic
device like that (which they have probably NEVER seen before), do you
think they are REALLY going to sk that question.

Indeed, the first half hour is probably spent breaking down barriers
as people give this 21st century device a whirl for themselves.
Providing you then DON'T proceed to show a green screen application,
you already have the prospect in a relaxed mood ready to accept your
pitch! (hmmm, think I'd better buy one myself after al!)

They did have something similar to this in the demo - remember the
part where they projected a numeric keypad onto a hand
.

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