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Posted By: MattLFC Motion Sensitive Laptop - 1st May 2007 7:57am
Originally Posted by BBC News
A motion-sensitive laptop which can be controlled much like a Nintendo Wii remote is under development.

The tablet PC laptop has been adapted to respond to a user when moving the machine up or down, side to side, or forwards and backwards.

It is hoped the BT Balance system can help people with disabilities or the elderly, for whom using a keyboard or mouse can be difficult.

The technology is under development at BT's research labs in Ipswich.

Hmmm interesting, can't really see how it would be handy for the disabled, but still.

smile

BBC News Report
Posted By: Mark Re: Motion Sensitive Laptop - 1st May 2007 8:25am
Blind = "Your laptop is upside down?"

Providing its switched on that is!

or

Excuse me user your laptop is 89 Degree's i may slip
off the table?
Posted By: MattLFC Re: Motion Sensitive Laptop - 1st May 2007 8:27am
Have you seen the eye control thing they showed off on Click Online a few weeks back? That looks well better for the disabled.

smile
Posted By: Mark Re: Motion Sensitive Laptop - 1st May 2007 8:45am
nope
Posted By: MattLFC Re: Motion Sensitive Laptop - 1st May 2007 8:46am
It looked quality, ye could control a computer with ya eyes (or was it ya mind, maybe it was ya mind, but wherever your eyes looked the cursor went).

Nah actually I think it was your eyes. Dunno haha!
Posted By: AX_125 Re: Motion Sensitive Laptop - 1st May 2007 10:18am
What if you are watching porn with the laptop on your knees?

I think it would become annoying then tease
Posted By: MattLFC Re: Motion Sensitive Laptop - 1st May 2007 10:22am
Haha raftl trust you lol!
Posted By: Pomp Re: Motion Sensitive Laptop - 1st May 2007 2:58pm
Originally Posted by MattyC
It looked quality, ye could control a computer with ya eyes (or was it ya mind, maybe it was ya mind, but wherever your eyes looked the cursor went).

Nah actually I think it was your eyes. Dunno haha!


When you blink does that mean its a click?

Blink once = Click
Blick twice = Double click?
Posted By: MattLFC Re: Motion Sensitive Laptop - 1st May 2007 3:11pm
Yer summit like that lol, it was displayed at Cebit this year.

It was called Tobii and ive found its homepage - http://www.tobii.com/
Posted By: BMW Joe Re: Motion Sensitive Laptop - 1st May 2007 10:26pm
Originally Posted by MattyC
It looked quality, ye could control a computer with ya eyes (or was it ya mind, maybe it was ya mind, but wherever your eyes looked the cursor went).

Nah actually I think it was your eyes. Dunno haha!


I remember seeing the brain controlled one. The user puts on a cap with a load of sensors connected to it and you can control computer functions like move the cursor and select things. That was a pretty funky bit of kit. Don't rememeber seeing that eye controlled one on that episode though?

A Motion Sensitive Laptop? What a useless idea!

I dont see the point nor the benifit of it lol
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