Elliptic Labs returns with more red hot touchless UI action
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted September 8th 2009 1:54PM
posted September 8th 2009 1:54PM
posted September 8th 2009 1:54PM
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Should we be concerned about the number and type of wavelength emissions we're constantly subjecting our bodies to? Isn't there a reason that pregnant women go in for as few ultrasounds as possible?
That's what tin foil is for!
A few mutations here and there and we could end up with real life XMEN!
I hear sufficient amounts of tinfoil will block those waves.
Goddamnit someone beat me to the tinfoil joke.
That tin foil comment was a joke? but but I just ordered a thousand dollars worth...
I'm going to start wearing lead clothing....oh wait.
I dunno. We have radio frequencies all around us all the time, how is any of this other crap any different? I wonder about cellphones all the time, like if I'm in bed browsin the net, and rest it on my chesticals, I'm all "bet I'm gonna get heart cancer later cause of this," but really, the Wi-Fi/radio signal is all over my apartment at all points of the day, so why should using the device be any different? It's like when I'm masturba--
My momma always taught me not to point. *sigh*.
Think I'd get kicked outta this forum if I told you what yo mamma taught me!!
Minority Report style computers?
How long before Firefox rips this too from Opera labs. I wonder?
It all sounded great until I read "has a range of one foot". That pretty much cuts out any useful purpose I had thought of for this thing.
...dude noone has ever said you could be up to a hundred feet away to use this type of technology, Infact in movies like minority report you only ever are about 1 foot away...
I'm not sure if you're realizing how short of a distance 1 foot is. Something more like 3-5 feet would be somewhat acceptable for a normal desktop computer, but limiting the distance to 1 foot is ridiculous.
Oh ya I guess 3-5 feet is acceptable. But im usually close to the screen anyway. I though you meant decked out on ya couch with the monitor like across the room. Which would make it way more casual than worth purchase. a remote control from couch would be more feasable.
Instead of embedding the device in the screen, having a wireless input device that moves with you would make this more feasible I think.
I'm gonna guess that the limitation is there for a purpose. Otherwise the following may become a common occurance: "Why the crap does this thing keep changing channels every time I reach for my drink?!? Dang it! I keep forgetting that in order to use this device I must sit perfectly still!"
I prefer a remote-control, I'm to lazy to move hand.
This.
but then of course there's always the task of getting up to get said remote...
@ general
THIS.
I like his cornflower blue shirt.
Brand?
That guy has a nice profile but it's never attractive when people try to counteract a receding hairline by brushing their hair as forward as possible like that.
Much better idea then physical touching but to be taken seriously as a widespread input device it needs to have a high degree of accuracy, zero lag, and be cheap. That is not going to happen. I will keep my mousey. :)
Much better idea then physical touching but to be taken seriously as a widespread input device it needs to have a high degree of accuracy, zero lag, and be cheap. That is not going to happen. I will keep my mousey. :)
So, only one foot distance? That means it's like a gimped version of Project Natal?
Why did I read this as epileptic labs..
Have they sorted the problem of Pron pictures moving up and down?
Is this the same tech as project natal?
its a lot older than natal
Sliding doors need this so I can practice my Jedi skills.
...but Capacative is still better!