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16Sep/110

Typeless keyboard and Mouseless mouse

This was one of my tweets today.  I decided to turn it into a post.  The idea is that instead of typing with a keyboard and mousing with a mouse we do this stuff with our minds!

I have no idea how this would actually work as far as a technical standpoint is concerned.  I just think that eventually this will become a reality.  So I'm calling this now and i think it will probably come true in 5/10/20/50 years time.  I think this would be super awesome and it is one of those things that I would totally LOVE to have.  So here it is:

Ok... here's my idea... I think that it would be awesome to do away with the old school traditional keyboards and mice.  Now, as far as computers and humans go somehow the person and the machine have to interact.  What has been around for ages is input via computer keyboard/mouse and  output via computer monitor.  I think it might be cool to revamp the monitor as well but that might be too freakishly advanced.  I couldn't imagine a computer that you just hold in your hand and you can see the screen in your mind.  Although that would be pretty interesting for this post I am just focusing on the input.

Well so we have the current keyboard and mouse.  These two ways of inputting information are the exact same speed and efficiency they were 5/10/20 etc. years ago... but the speed of the computer has increased exponentially  in comparison.  So I think that it would be sweet if we have a new keyboard and mouse that allow you to click around and type at the speed of which your mind works.

If you are like me your mind works WAY faster than you can type, or mouse.  So then I end up trying to keep up with my thoughts and it's just not as good as it could be.  So I think it would be sweet to have a keyless keyboard where you just place your hands on it and think about what you want to type and it reads your mind.  Same with the mouse.  It just jumps around to where you think you want it.  Since it's just putting your hands on one device we could probably get rid of the keyboard mouse duo all-together and just have some sensor that you hold in your hand, or maybe both hands.  Maybe you hold down a button or squeeze it when you are thinking and want it activated and maybe you let it go when you want to think thoughts that don't get put down on the screen?  Not sure exactly but there's room to play around.

As far as real world things,  I think that touch screen on tablets and phones is sort of a step in that direction.  There are also speech recognition programs that can figure out what is being said and transcribe that to text.  So this is kind of like that but less talky and more walky... or thinky?

Think about how this would change computing?  You could type pages per minute instead of words!  You could scroll and click nearly at the speed of light!  or at least the speed of thought.  Which is probably close to the speed of light.  I wonder if anyone has ever measured the speed of thought?  Well anywho that's my idea about mouseless and keyless typing and mousing and all.  I think it would be fantastic because it would solve the whole carpal tunnel syndrome thing and as well it would increase how fast everyone can work!  Soooooo maybe we could then have more time to play?  Probably not, but it's still wishful thinking.

I think the idea is officially called Brain-computer interfacing... and here's the wikipedia article on the idea:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain–computer_interface

But that article makes it look all matrix ish and freakish... my idea is just to be some little thing you hold in your hand and it reads your brainwaves... it would be a lot more "cool" and "sleek".  Well anywho as I said I'm calling it now.  I think sometime soon we'll see a less "physical" input device to computers as the traditional keyboard and mouse and a more humanistic interface such as something that can read brainwaves and capture your thoughts into the PC.  I wonder how that would change the world.  And what if it were reverse and you could hold a book in your hand and just "know" the contents of the book in a matter of minutes because it just flows into your brain electronically via brainwaves and thoughts?!?!?!  That would be super crazyness... i can't even imagine!  Well, I mean I can... but... I can't.  OK well who knows... But only the future will eventually reveal what new tech gadget will show up next!

For now I click and type away... type type type... clickity click clack click.

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