this is nice, if it could be made into soemthing that wasn’t hot to wear i might actually use it.

i think a bra computer interface device would be far more useful. It would let guys interface with their woman, and their computer all at the same time.

Posted at 9:20 am on Jul 12th, 2008 by vampyre

Whoo Stevens Institute of Technology.

Posted at 9:46 am on Jul 12th, 2008 by Wang191

That has some pretty far-reaching uses when you consider how configurable it is for disabled persons – i.e. one handed people.

Posted at 9:51 am on Jul 12th, 2008 by Frollard

This on one hand, Ben Heck’s Xbox 360 One-handed controller in the other.

Seriously though, I’m glad to see that someone in the civilian sector is making this stuff. I’ve heard that the government might be making something like this, but I’m not sure.

Posted at 11:34 am on Jul 12th, 2008 by Shawn

Considering the vast majority of people typing one-handed are going to be those surfing pron, I’m not sure I really want to envision those ‘far-reaching’ uses you mention…

Posted at 12:07 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by Eric

“by adding some features that you might not have thought of at first. For example, the ALT and shift keys work similar to a phone interface. When you press them, the next keystroke is effected.”

That’s exactly how I would of thought of it. first.

Posted at 12:40 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by tjhow

@vampyre:
You could probably make the glove less of a glove, and more like a set of rings. It might be neat to see the same idea except using both hands for faster speeds.

A portable keyboard interface is going to become pretty important for the future’s gargoyles.

Posted at 12:53 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by jjrh

This is like Splinter Cell: Double Agent when you play online. The spies have a similar glove for their hacking device.

Posted at 12:54 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by jdisco

heh that’s interesting, not anything blatantly obvious though .

What’s the music btw?

Posted at 7:32 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by Thomas Kilbride

This needs work. Most of the chipset needs to be on the glove itself so there are fewer wires between glove and battery.

Posted at 7:32 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by BigD145

It’s a remix of “Clocks”, by Coldplay.

Thanks for the comments, everyone, glad you like my project. I also see wide applications, and I’m exploring where I want to go next with this. I’m thinking about resistive flex sensors as an alternate finger position determination method, and I’m experimenting with the idea of an accelerometer or tilt sensor to integrate mouse functionality.

Posted at 7:35 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by Christopher Mitchell

Ya, I recognized that, but what remix :\

Posted at 8:49 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by Thomas Kilbride

Awesome……this gives me an idea for a similar mouse application to ease my carpel tunnel. Much easier to accomplish I think.

I agree about the bra application.

Posted at 10:55 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by slickrick

Bigd145: I thought about it, but the size of the board would have made it a bit too bulky for my tastes. That definitely would simplify construction, though, and make it more robust. A smaller board would be key.

Posted at 11:12 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by Christopher Mitchell

slickrick, what sensor interface would you use for the mouse? I was thinking an accelerometer to detect hand tilt for the actual movement, and making of the finger combinations enable the mouse when held. Left, right, and double-clicking would be other finger combinations.

Posted at 9:44 am on Jul 13th, 2008 by Christopher Mitchell

Well done. Reminds me of hacking the Nintendo power glove in the early nineties

Posted at 12:19 pm on Jul 13th, 2008 by GadgetBoi

If the size of it was cut down, I could see devices like this being quite useful for blackberries/smartphones or PDA’s etc. Main hurdle I foresee is actually getting people to use the gloves and not feel stupid for wearing them. There really hasn’t been much innovation on making a decent mobile input device that wasn’t just a small keyboard jammed into a device.

Posted at 1:07 pm on Jul 13th, 2008 by jjrh

If you have that much dexterity, its clearly much easier to operate a keyboard…with one hand!

Posted at 3:37 pm on Jul 13th, 2008 by Rob

Yeah, but the point is for situations where using a keyboard would be impractical or impossible. There are lots of examples of this, like walking, standing, or running; working on jobs like construction, or even military applications.

Posted at 4:28 pm on Jul 13th, 2008 by Christopher Mitchell

i wonder, would it not have been better to use one of those fold up keyboards as a base? im guessing they have a much smaller bluetooth module inside. the one i have here runs of two aaa batteries…

Posted at 8:45 pm on Jul 13th, 2008 by turn.self.off

I thought about that, but the key set is much more limited, so the matrix of rows and columns might not have been big enough for an optimal finger contact setup. It’s definitely worth some research, though.

Posted at 9:29 am on Jul 14th, 2008 by Christopher Mitchell

How does this differ from the P5 Glove (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P5_glove)? That’s been around for ages, but it never really caught on.

I like the idea of tones to denote actions. Generally the bane of wearable input devices like this is immediate feedback: you don’t get the “clack” of a typed key or the “click” of a mouse button. I’ve seen work on tiny haptic actuators (typically the vibrating motor from an old cellphone) but the tone idea definitely deserves further investigation.

Posted at 12:06 pm on Jul 14th, 2008 by James

@james: If you check out the software driver, you should get a basic idea of how the tone feedback works. I found it much, much easier to type after I added that.

@Gadgetboi: thanks!

Posted at 7:48 am on Jul 18th, 2008 by Christopher Mitchell