Comments on: Clove 2 glove for one handed input

By: Christopher Mitchell

Christopher Mitchell — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:48:01 +0000

@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!

By: James

James — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:06:57 +0000

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.

By: Christopher Mitchell

Christopher Mitchell — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:29:17 +0000

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.

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:45:10 +0000

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…

By: Christopher Mitchell

Christopher Mitchell — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:28:16 +0000

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.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:37:08 +0000

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

By: jjrh

jjrh — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:07:32 +0000

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.

By: GadgetBoi

GadgetBoi — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:19:30 +0000

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

By: Christopher Mitchell

Christopher Mitchell — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:44:14 +0000

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.

By: Christopher Mitchell

Christopher Mitchell — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:12:57 +0000

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.

By: slickrick

slickrick — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:55:47 +0000

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.

By: Thomas Kilbride

Thomas Kilbride — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:49:39 +0000

Ya, I recognized that, but what remix :\

By: Christopher Mitchell

Christopher Mitchell — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:35:01 +0000

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.

By: BigD145

BigD145 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:32:13 +0000

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

By: Thomas Kilbride

Thomas Kilbride — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:32:00 +0000

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

What's the music btw?