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Re: key glove and other rants

From: "R. Paul McCarty" <>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 09:16:04 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, joshua . wrote:

> the twiddler is a good idea.. and i think we should concentrate on other 
> aspects of the wearable.. instead of one of the staples that has made 
> wearables so far.   but that's me.. 

I agree the twiddler is a nice input device, and certainly the easiest to
get started with if you aren't interested in trying to hack your own.  But
personally, I think the twiddler runs against the idea of a wearable
computer since you have to hold it like a telephone, or a remote control.
I think very few people would consider a cell phone a "wearable" device.
It's a handheld device.  To me wearable means just that; you wear it in
whole, not just in part.  That's why I'm attracted to this glove idea, the
tongue idea (difficult as it would be), and the electromyographic
approach. I guess it all comes down to personal preference.

I like chocolate.
You like strawberries.

-Paul

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