Hand Gestures As an Input Device. hand gestures as an input device. Nope, if you want to get a response, you generally have to use a more appropriate input device like a touchpad, a keyboard, or a mouse. However, a company called JesterTek would like to see you controlling your computer with hand gestures instead of traditional input devices and has announced that it will demonstrate its JestPoint gesture control and JestXtreme immersive interactive game products at Siggraph 2001 in Los Angeles this week....

ThumbPad Input Device for the Palm V. thumbpad input device for the palm v. Here's an input device that looks pretty cool but at the same time looks like a repetitve stress injury just waiting to happen. Here's an input device that looks pretty cool but at the same time looks like a repetitve stress injury just waiting to happen....

COMDEX: Thumbscript's Feather Touch Input Device. comdex thumbscripts feather touch input device. Thumbscript's USB Feather Touch Input Device is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and lets you enter any character on a standard keyboard with a "connect-the-dots finger" stroke, by which, I guess, you basically draw each letter. The company guarantees you can input 20 words a minute using it instead of a keyboard. The Thumbscript Feather Touch Input Device is priced at $199.99. ...

JCP 2.6 looking for more input . jcp 2. Sun officials rolled out Java Community Process (JCP) 2.6 along with a goal of more community participation in order to improve Java specifications. . Sun officials rolled out Java Community Process (JCP) 2.6 ...

21.3" QXGA LCD enabling RGB 10-Bit input/output. 21. NEC today announced the development of a 21.3" (54cm diagonal) amorphous silicon thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) for professional use, which enables RGB 10-bit input/output and achieves high-grade grey scale performance and high-capability color analysis. NEC today announced the development of a 21.3" (54cm diagonal) amorphous silicon thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) for professional use, which enables RGB 10-bit input/output and achieves high-grade grey scale performance and high-capability color analysis....

Android to Learn Virtual Keyboard Input in Early 2009. New will be new input method framework (IMF) and input method engines (IME). The two new features put together will “enable support for input methods other than physical keyboards, for example soft keyboards.” Specifically, “IME will support soft keyboards, a dictionary of suggestions, and a suggestion algorithm.” So there you go, Android users, your iPhone-like keyboard is on the way....