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Re: New input device

From: Alijah Ballard <>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:19:43 -0500

Do you have a link for that artical.

Danny Silverman wrote:

> Wired's new issue has an input device for $US80 that is a ring device with
> motion tracking and RF.  It uses a USB device on the computer and a
> finger-worn ring device (but rather large) which is battery powered.  You
> move the "mouse" by moving your finger, and click by tapping your thumb
> against the ring.
>
> Looks very very interesting, especially since it is a finger-tracking
> solution without Thad Starner's
> video-camera-plus-extensive-computer-processing solution.
>
> Think of it, floating menus that you tap with your fingers, much like the
> cockpit of the spaceship thingy in the tv show "Earth Final Conflict"
>
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