:) Now somebody need to make a computer with this interface small, light and cheap enough to fit in a helmet ... and not kill the rider when they crash. ;)
One of my wish list is to have a Bluetooth enabled motorcycle helmet (very expensive and I would need two ... one for me and another for the wife) . Why? Because it's close to impossible to have a conversation with your pillion rider when you're going more than 40KPH. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Hui Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:05 PM To: Chat forum Subject: Re: [Jchat] Helmet HCI (WAS: RE: Best Usability Quotations (re the redesign of on-line Voc)) > 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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmet_mounted_display ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Rufon <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 21:37 Subject: [Jchat] Helmet HCI (WAS: RE: Best Usability Quotations (re the redesign of on-line Voc)) To: Chat forum <[email protected]> > 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:chat- > [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:chat- > [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
