Re: [NTLK] Redefining the Newton

Many interesting alternative keyboards come to mind. but currently the
closest to what you describe is an AlphaGrip (alphagrip.com) - USB.

On 10. Jan., 2009, at 22:41 PM, James Fraser wrote:

> Do the tendons in the human hand use different amounts of
> electricity when they are relatively relaxed versus fully extended?
> I ask this because if there were some way to measure the muscle
> tension in our fingers, that *might* be a way to allow a sort of
> "keyboard" to be used without the space restrictions that might
> normally preclude the use of a physical keyboard (i.e. when you're
> standing in line with no flat surfaces handy).
> Think about it: your fingers/thumb can have three states: fully
> extended, partially extended, and fully retracted. If the condition
> of the fingers/thumb under these three conditions could be matched
> up with a particular character, you'd have the ability to "type" 30
> characters merely by flexing your fingers, wouldn't you?
> When I move my fingers, I notice my tendons flex in my wrists. So
> is there something that could be worn around the wrist that could
> monitor the tendons that pass through the wrist and send those
> signals to the Newton via Bluetooth?

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