[Sigia-l] The Future Comes to Life

[Lee Hsieh]

sigia-l-request at asis.org wrote:

> Lee - I refer you to the source:
> http://www.hacker-dictionary.com/terms/gorilla-arm

..but that's a facetious argument :-) Arent most of the activities we engage in that require interaction with modern devices unnatural to the human body...

There should be an entry for 'Anal Retention' -- Maintaining a rigid, 90-degree sitting position for an extended period of time while performing hundreds of small, repetitive hand/eye movements; usually at the expense of meeting the body's need for constant movemnt, proper consumption and relieving bodily functions.

So until we all become more borg-like with electronic devices embedded in our skulls, there are certainly better alternatives to the fixed positioned, dangerously repetitive personal computing experience we have today...my bet is on a touchwall type device in the near term :-)


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> From: "Jonathan Baker-Bates" <jonathan at bakerbates.com>
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>  >> when an affordable version comes out this thing is going to be Huge
>> I don't doubt it. :-)
> 
> That gets my vote for funniest post on the list this year!
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> Lee - I refer you to the source:
> http://www.hacker-dictionary.com/terms/gorilla-arm
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> 2008/5/16 Ziya Oz <listera at earthlink.net>:
> 
>> Lee Hsieh:
>>
>>> when an affordable version comes out this thing is going to be Huge
>> I don't doubt it. :-)
>>
>> The guy who introduced this a few days ago also predicted at Comdex 2001
>> that "within five years, I predict that it will be the most popular form of
>> PC sold in America."
>>
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/Press/2001/Nov01/11-11Comdex2001KeynotePR
>> .mspx
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>> He also predicted in 2004 that email spam would be dead in two years' time.
>> And that our PCs at this point would be speech driven. And so on.
>>
>> I missed the huge Tablet PC boom, so I was doubly determined to get ahead
>> of
>> this gestural computing wave. I recently set up a Yahoo group, WallHuggers,
>> maybe you've heard of it? I am about to finish a video to be made available
>> on YouTube wherein I show very clearly that if and when you run out of
>> digits to make a complex gesture on the wall, you can use a kickboxing move
>> to make your toes available as complementary computing agents (CCAs).
>>
>> And I have a surprise for all those interaction designers out there. Among
>> the many dozens of open source gestural samples at my site, you will find
>> one that slows down the finger gesture in proportion to the size of the
>> data
>> it references: the larger the data involved, the slower and stickier the
>> gesture. Neat huh?
>>
>> But that's nothing, I hope you download and try the "HotScent" framework.
>> Using infrared, the system allows you to feel the temperature of the
>> navigation: as you get closer to your correct query result, your digits can
>> feel the rising temperature.
>>
>> Anyhow, I'm giving a talk on June 9 where I'll demo even more exciting
>> stuff. It's only $795, use my access code (MSFT) and get 85% off.
>>
>> So yeah, I'm there.
>>
>> Ziya
>> Nullius in Verba
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