Comments on: The JediPad AKA Uber-gyro-mouse

By: Kevin Conti

Kevin Conti — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:29:19 +0000

I really like this idea, I could really see this technology being adapted into something more effective and less invasive, like being fitted to a glove or anything that could connect directly to the hand, it would be a HUGE step forward in computer control.

By: Raven

Raven — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:37:04 +0000

also I forgot to enclude in my earlyer comment where do you find the trackpointers your useing? i would be intrested in useing theese for a project I will be doing soon

By: Raven

Raven — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:59:26 +0000

Well im only 16 and I see alot of potent in this, honestly if you could figer a way to make a 2nt processer for this then it wouldent lag the cpu at all on the computer itself thus making a unit that is much more fast to use for such as gaming as said “controll a ship or a fleet?” and insted of useing the plastic that you are try useing ( i know this may sound stupid) playdoe becouse you can change shape perfeticly to your hand and also its much more easy to make custom for everyone it takes mabe overnight to dry and thus perm you said its only prototypes right then use prototype material but as for myself I would love to learn how to do this but as knowing me its beond my knowings at the time but very nice start!

By: pmac

pmac — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:44:49 +0000

samu: if you need a micro that has more horsepower check out the Parallax Propeller. It has 8 x 20 mips cores. very handy beast.
http://www.parallax.com/propeller. also has excellent user forums.

kudos for ideas and experiment, wish i could help but can't even find the time and money for my own hobbies.

By: iisjreg

iisjreg — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:20:31 +0000

This isn’t being marketed as the end-all of input devices. “Oh, it’s useless, because some people can’t see…”
I think it’s a brilliant contraption. I even lold at the overkill, it does look so sci-fi. Combine this with the VR display the other day and you have the future, haha!

By: inedible

inedible — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:31:33 +0000

Lesser known fact: One out of every five Americans is missing a finger.

By: Samu

Samu — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:57:16 +0000

>all fine and dandy for the 80 percent of us who have all five didgets on both hands.

80%? mate.. where do you live, texas??? yes i made this particular device for those fortunate enough to posess opposable thumbs :)

By: MRE

MRE — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:21:01 +0000

14: all fine and dandy for the 80 percent of us who have all five didgets on both hands.

What about the poor schlep who is missing a lefty.. so.. this guy/girl is excluded from gaming just because they are a gimp?

Nice. real nice.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:06:43 +0000

i really like the idea and it seems to work very well.

the only thing to me is that the thing itself is quite ugly looking,
maybe refining it abit would make it good.

By: Samu

Samu — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:11:30 +0000

I have been waiting to see if anyone picks up on RSI. possibly the greatest benefit of this approach is that it encourages healthy movement by allowing the tendons to pass through the carpal tunnel in a straight line.

also it can be used with the body in a relaxed state. keyboard forces the body into a state of tension, creating a lot of physiological problems. I plan to map all the common keyboard keys across. but not the letters/numbers: I want to integrate voice recognition to take care of this.

I have bad RSI - so this project has been pretty tough for me to make, and why development is so slow. but that is why I made it in the first place. I cannot even type a paragraph without pain - I am using voice recognition for all my correspondence.

if you are interested in bringing it to the next level, get in touch!!! http://sf7.scribblewiki.com/JediPad_Resources
Here's the various things that need doing!

Samu

By: Samu

Samu — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:25:50 +0000

#17 – xshawk: Actually you can chord with your fingers. Check out near the end of the vid, or check out the other vid. yes, other hand u could have another one, or a pen, or leave it free

#18 – despot: sure! you might want a trackpoint under each digit for a music one, then you could map the analogs to controls in (eg) Reason and make crazy sounds. id map the gyro y axis to the pitch i think..

By: despot

despot — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:38:57 +0000

How about an instrument, 6 of the 7 trackpoints could map to notes (as a standard guitar) varying y location of the mouse for frets. (a home-brew midi app would be a little difficult to code, but less tear on the fingers compared to a standard guitar. (not to mention the expandability of such a project) Good work sam! hope you find use for all your trackpoints.

By: Inspirtech

Inspirtech — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:07:31 +0000

Yeah this would be very useful with a program like SolidWorks where you can control 6 axis of the part you are working on.

By: xshawk

xshawk — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:21:06 +0000

what about 3D modeling…
the more complex a modeled figure the more operators you need when you are doing 3D animation… awesome!
wolf- you are right anything you can do with 6 points you can do with 1 point+function keys… but you’d have to use another hand to hit the function keys…
this lets you do it all with one hand!
freeing up the other (if there is one) to either input info or do any number of other tasks…
I like it

By: Wolf

Wolf — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:06:49 +0000

Samu-

It's definitely a worth while experiment.