Thursday, July 03, 2003

Wearable Glove Keyboard

Dr. Carsten Mehring invented a wearable glove-type input device designed to simulate Qwerty-style keyboard. This device could replace the current input technologies (such as: pen type stylus, thumb keyboards, etc..) that we use today to enter information into palm-sized computers. Dr. Mehring device is called 'KITTY' (which stand for: Keyboard Independent Touch Typing), which uses sensors worn on each finger and three sensors on each thumb.

There is a competing technology from a company called Senseboard Technologies that is based on a similar idea. Instead of being a glove, they use devices that clip on to your hands and senses the motion of your fingers as you pretend to touch type on an invisible keyboard.

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