This got me thinking of unrelated things. I have glaucoma (my Dad is legally blind because of this), so my eye doctor made me use an egg shell like device where I had to put my head in and I had to press a button if something blinks. The device was able to detect if I my eyes were going out of focus or where I am looking and what I am not seeing.
I wear a motorcycle helmet at least 3 hours a day. (Yeah! Glaucoma and motorcycles ... great combination!!!) The way I use a helmet, the corners aren't really useful. There are already products in the market which projects vehicle information (speed, rpm, oil pressure) in that area of the screen. Me and my son are Star Wars Fans (Ok, geeks). I particularly like the explanation on how the Clone Trooper's helmet work. You basically look at a portion of the helmet, and a menu pops-up. Then you blink to select that item. It's basically using your eye and eyeballs as a mouse. Now I'm wondering if an HCI using a helmet has been created. Is the military/aircraft fighter pilots already using this technology? Oh wow, the possibilities of its use. Particularly to the disabled. Oh yeah! Have you guys watched the latest Iron Man with Robert Downey Jr. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Rufon Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:23 PM To: Chat forum Subject: Re: [Jchat] Best Usability Quotations (re the redesign of on-line Voc) Hi Ian, I followed your link. Then I click on Humorous HCI link under User Interface Developer Resources. It of course opened a new page and gives a list. Number one is: NB. ========================== 1.1954 Computer of the future 2006-12-28 Scientists from the RAND Cporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer" could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use. NB. =========================== This just made my day! Did they really think that computers NOW would have that really big steering wheel to use? LOL. ROFLOL. Thanks. :) r/Alex -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ian Clark Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:05 PM To: Chat forum Subject: [Jchat] Best Usability Quotations (re the redesign of on-line Voc) I was dead wrong to yawn when I saw this link in: http://www.hcibib.org/ It's so good, pertinent, brief, I'd like to commend it to everyone with 60 seconds to spare: http://www.linfo.org/q_usability.html Ian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
