Keyboards Are SO Last Century
Howdy folks and greetings from the Great Plains of North Texas!
An article about a new invention caught my eye the other day. It's called the Tap Strap and it allows users to replace conventional keyboards by using just one hand to tap words, commands and even gestures in any Blue Tooth device.
I know, I know, there are already non keyboard apps in the form of voice to text, but there are a thousand situations that you don't want to or would not be able to use a voice app to text with.
The Tap Strap allows one to use either hand on any surface.
You DO have to learn how to use it, they say it takes about 2 hours to learn the Alphabet with it and about 5 hours of playing around time with games designed to help you master the program.
This thing is really slick. I think it's going to be a big hit and change the way some of us access our devices forever. We've been using the keyboard for 150 years and it's done it's job well but this tool takes us to the next level.
The battery lasts for 10 hours on one charge and the price is just $199. One advantage is the ergonomics of it.
In other words, you don't have to be trapped in the same typing position all day, which causes many people to develop Carpel Tunnel syndrome.
With this, you can tap in any position on any surface, even on the handle bars of your bike while out riding.
The newest version has a Minority Report-style feature that will make you feel like you're in a syfi movie. It lets you control any Bluetooth-connected device with a wave of your hand.
In the Multimedia Mode you can can use airborne gestures to play and pause music, adjust volume and skip to the next or previous track. In the Smart TV Mode you can navigate menus, select items and search for content.
In Mouse Mode you can control a cursor, click and scroll just like you would with a normal mouse.
This is also extremely liberating for people who only have the use of one hand.
Times they are achangin! I predict that in a year or so you just ain't gonna be cool unless you're using one of these. lol.
Thanks for stopping by folks, God bless you all!
-jonboy
Texas
PS- Here's a couple more sculptures I think are fun. This first one has to be designed with such a strong anchor. You KNOW kids are going to be jumping all over that thing and riding it!
It's kinda freaky. This next one is fun. It looks simple but I think making a perfect giant clothes pin probably wasn't the easiest thing in the world, although I have no idea why they'd want to but it sure is clever!
@janton you Need this!!!! All the comments and posts you write you would be smooth sailing
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lol! I could be commenting anywhere and everywhere I go! lol. I'm trying to cut back on steemit but if I don't manage to do that then this would be pretty cool.
Cutting back? Whys that? I totally get it though!
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Howdy today sir badger! oh, Mrs. J. thinks I should be spending more time on actual physical work around the property and if steem doesn't last she definitely wants me to get a real job type of job. lol. She's right of course!
Exactly, he needs it. As he has maintained a nice position in activities on a daily. I admire his effort.
lol. Howdy lemeonna! I might get one someday, if I do I will post about it. Thanks for commenting!
We are The Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. LMAO! Yup, I've become paranoid!
I love that clothes pin sculpture! Nice!
Howdy squirrelbait! It's so true that everything will be connected, digitalized, every little tool or item with so many ways to keep track of us. And of course already is! The Tap devices probably take all your vitals and sends them to someone!
I like the sculpture too!
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This is amazing! Probably will be better for my hands, neck and back! I can't wait for this to be available on the market! @tipu curate
Another wonder sculpture and this clothes pin is kind a cute, lol.
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Yes, with this system you can be in any position that is comfortable for you!
You can buy one here: https://www.tapwithus.com/
I think they are going to do extremely well. We actually invested in their company
this week, they have a crowd funding system set up so that small investors can participate.
Thanks for the tip!
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If that is the first generation, I can't wait to hear all the things that generation 3 will be able to do! Clothes pin art. Hmmm.
lol..same reaction I had to the clothes pin sculpture. Cute but I don't know what the artist is trying to say.
As far as the Tap Strap, I agree, who knows what they can develop in time. Mrs. J and I actually invested in this company, they have a crowd funding system set up for small investors. It's so cool that I really think all the kids and young people will have to have them. The Asia market is looking fantastic for it too.
I agree about the tap strap. It would be much more useful when you have VR goggles on than a key board would be. I think that will be a wise investment for you.
Very true and it's interesting to think of what it will evolve into in the future. The two co-creators of the company are very successful at creating technology.
The lady developed the type of chip which enables phones to take pictures and the man has several major creations too, I forget what they are but he's very impressive.
Today has been a good day for you? When does the Pack play again?
Sunday at noon against the Raiders at Lambeau.
That sounds like it will be a great investment for you!
It has been a very non productive day. I stumbled upon a Canadian produced TV series called Pioneer Quest, which lead me to Klondike Quest-gold miners and Quest for the Bay (Hudson Bay Orkney men) People are challenged to live off the land for months on end with only the resources that would have been available to them in the 1800s. The pioneers had to build their own cabins and break sod to plant their crops, and the gold miners had to pack everything on their backs over the mountains to get to Dawson City. The challenges they all faced were incredible. The shows are on Amazon.
Holy smokes! I'm exclaiming about that series, or shows about surviving in that way like they did in the 1800's. Those people would have to be in great shape! There are so many lesser known shows that are such good quality that no one has heard about!
How are the Raiders doing this year?
They all went through an extensive selection process for physical abilities and psychological issues, because in the case of the pioneer families they would be living away from people and from their own families and friends for a year. The Hudson Bay trip was only 8 weeks, but they had to be strong enough to carry heavy packs and move their heavy, cumbersome, wooden boat on a mile long portage. It was certainly challenging for everyone involved and some were more successful than others.
The Raiders are 3 and 2.
They should be able to beat the Raiders then.
Wow that show sounds remarkable! There are two shows right? The one they had to be away for a year! I hope they paid them well. And you can only get those on Amazon?
I watched them on Amazon. There were 3 different series. I finished the one about Klondike gold miners last night. They came up as recommended for me after I watched Snowdonia about 2 families in Wales who went back to live the lives of slate quarry men in the 1800s.
So it operates like Netflix and matches you to similar shows that you've watched, that's nice of them. lol.
Just like Netflix with an equally great selection of shows.
Is that super cheap also?
I get it included with Amazon Prime which is $119 a year and gets me free shipping on Amazon purchases, too. Since I can't get out to the stores I buy everything I can online so it is a bargain for me.
Oh yeah, that is dirt cheap! I read that the Prime subscriptions were their biggest profit in the whole operation.
They offer a lot of great stuff to watch and I am using it at least as much as Netflix. Because they make it so easy, I do find myself purchasing a few things that I want to see, so it is a good marketing devise for them, too.
Hey that sounds brilliant of them! I'm finally getting back online tonight. The power was off late last night and until about 12:30pm today so I started 4 hours late and then worked outside so this has been a disasterous day as far as commenting. How has it been for you?
I am working on a post for a contest that will award ESTM as the prize and most of my day has been taken up thinking it through and making a rough draft for a contest post. I wasn't even on here enough to miss you! How sad is that?
lol! Well at least you were working on something interesting!
Yeah, I'm not happy with it and maybe I'll be more inspired after a good night's sleep!
Oh, sorry to hear that. But you've probably been working on it since early this morning so by now it's probably perfected!
You are right. I think I have it how I want it and now that the other part of the world is waking up I will post it soon!
That tornado in Dallas was horrible.
Good job Melinda, I knew you would perfect it! Yeah that was pretty bad, some homes were totally gone but miraculously no one was killed!
That really is a miracle! With all that debris flying around it would be hard to stay safe.
I just posted my contest post!
I agree, I don't know how people survived when the whole house got wiped out. I'll go look at your post.
Hi janton, an amazing technology invention to get my head around! I wonder how much The Tap Strap costs?
I wonder if a giant left his peg as a marker when visiting?
lol! A giant left his peg! That's funny. It looks like it!
The Tap Strap costs $199.00 and they are improving it all the time and it will be able to do even more over time.
That is a very affordable price janton. Good marketing, imagine the profits.
It's a good price for the freedom from a keyboard, that seems to be very appealing to the youth and I think the company is going to explode in growth and sales.
I hope so because we actually invested in it, they have a crowd funding system where small investors can participate so we did that.
I hope they make a brass knucles version so I can fight crime while typing.
lol! It DOES remind me of a set of brass knuckles sir abitcoinskeptic! That's a good one sir. lol.
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Amazing technology these days 🙏 hope you are well. Have a lovely weekend 🙏
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Hey Jonboy, all the hands in the photos are all right hands. I wonder if this means that everyone would have to do this with their right hand, even if they write left-handed? I think the normally quiet lefties will protest if that's the case! :)
Howdy sir free-reign! No this is designed for either dominant hand. I agree, they should have photos of lefties using it also! Are you a lefty? someone said lefties have a higher IQ generally speaking so you probably are. lol.
Nope, I'm a righty. My mother was a lefty, and she used to tell me and my sister about when she was a little girl going to school - the teacher hit her hand with a ruler when she would write left-handed, which was the only way she could write.
My mother didn't seem too smart to me, God bless her, though she was somewhat smarter than my dad, so I'm not sure about the validity of that left-handed IQ thing. :)
Well, I still love my old keyboard but needless to say, the world is advancing and soon my old keyboard will be call "antique"...
lol..you and me both roselifecoach, in a few years I'll still be using a keyboard and be called a Dinosaur! Thanks so much for commenting!
So true, 2 old Dinosaurs!
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All these new fangled gadgets make my head spin. 😂
I don’t use the voice command on my iPad as I’m usually in the same room as Hubby and he doesn’t need the distraction of me talking continually. Tv may also be on.
For the same reason I don’t go into any of the chat room .
I like the sculpture of the clothes pin. Must be the biggest one in the world. 😆
Howdy today redheadpei! So it sounds like this new device would work for you, if you didn't want to be tied to the keyboard. I think it's cool because you aren't forced to sit in one position all the time, because that's unhealthy.
I like that giant clothes pin too, I'd like to know the reason the sculptor chose a clothes pin though!
That looks so neat! I'm always fascinated by new gadgets and, yes, you're right about the keyboard being old and tired. It certainly has survived the test of time, though. I bet authors in particular would be able to make great use of this.
Exactly sir wwwiebe. It allows you to walk around and write which is good because we know that sitting all day is not healthy, not to mention so many people developing carpal tunnel.
I think the youth are going to go crazy for this. I hope so because we actually invested in the company. They have a crowd funding system set up so we participated.
Hi @janton! I always ask, "what are the going to come up with next?" and here is my answer. I can see why it would be popular but I just can't imagine me using something like that. Gadgets like these make me feel so old. Would I feel younger if I used it? LOL! Hope you are doing well. : )
I'm doing great and yes you would feel younger using this tool. lol. I'm the same way, in another year most people will be using this or at least have it to use as an option and I'll be the dinosaur with my ancient keyboard!
What's your plans for today?
Not for me Sir @janton, I am ambidextrous and have two right hands and two left hands. I think that I will have to wait for the one that works with the blinking eye lids.
In the meantime this old keyboard serves me very well, as it is used to my typing with one finger.
When the right hand gets lame of all the typing, I simply switch to the left hand hahaha.
Blessings!
So it's a matter of your fingers not working right?
Hahaha, not the fingers my friend, the communication between the left and right brain.
Blessings!
oh ok, that's right. got it.
Elon Musk...(sp?)
Just recently talked about putting an a.i. chip in our brains...... True Story.!!
And Sweden is chipping the people..... It is already here. The a.i. takeover..... And You thought the Matrix & Terminator were just movie fantasy......
No chips 4 Me..... And the beer comes outta my fridge.
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Howdy sir krazzytrukker! oh yes of course, I know all about those things going on but this post was not about that. Where you at today? Good to hear from you!
The fridge in your truck?
Danger Danger....!!!
Noooooooo...!!!!
Alcohol of any kind, unless you are hauling it in the trailer by permit. Will win You an automatic 1 yr. unpaid vay-k.
lol..what a great picture! That makes sense about the suspension. Where did you say you were tonight? I really miss checking in with you every day!
Home today for a follow up Dr. Visit on my big toe.
You probably seen that i decided to keep posting KrazzyTrukker & KrazzyKitty'z stuff here on Steem.
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lol! No I didn't realize that, my mistake, I'll go over there, good for you!
Looks like a knuckle buster.
Yes sir blanchy! like a set of Brass Knuckles! something the Irish probably specialize in! lol.
Verbal input is a lot faster. They have been selling optical keyboards for a while, but this is cute. I can see this being a fast game controller!
You know I like gadgets....
:)>Yes I know about the voice ones(and I know you've had trouble with them because they can't understand freakin Hillbilly very well) but these are for when you can't use voice. Besides with these they are bringing new features and abilities all the time. They're making units that are wearable screens too. And of course the new tricks for gamers they are developing are really amazing.
I never play games but man, what an insane multi-billion dollar business. I think that is insane at the same time though, so many people of all ages addicted to games. When we used to take the grandkids to the game store wwe were always shocked at how many of the customers were in their 40's!
The optical keyboards are becoming more functional every day. I want one that will project from my belt onto my pants legs, with a bifurcated keyboard; half on each leg.
But the vocal, combined with a mouse function tied to eyeball movement will be the eventual winner. The eye tracking is being used to track weapons already....
I have played a few, mainly to see how they were written.
:)>Didn't they use that eyeball tracking technology in fighter jets or some type of weapons aiming, I seem to remember reading about that.
Helicopters, but once the system runs, it will become available for public use. It will eventually displace the mouse....
:)>That's hard to imagine!
I was told the mouse would never catch on over the arrows on the keyboard....
:)>really? lol..well I didn't start using computers until about 2001 or 2002. When did you start?
I built my first full computer in 1978, including the monitor and keyboard. Stored the data on cassettes. I expanded the memory on that Sinclair from 2K to 18K. Bought my first commercial one in 1985.
I have used 8 inch floppy drives, on a Data General PDP-11 to run a loading rack in 1980.
I have used core memory, bubble memory, static memory, and dynamic memory.
I still use floppies to store data I don't want anyone to be able to find. They would Never look there....
I have Used CPM, DOS, Windows, Unix, Linex, Basic, assembler, Sun Sparc System, Fortran, C++, Autocad, tiny basic, Ecap, Labview, Nibble Basic, Apple (various), Android, and a dozen others I have forgotten, LOL!
:)>lol! I have no idea half of what you said sir smithlabs! 1978??? I didn't even know they HAD computers for sale in 1985! I bet that was expensive.
I had to build most of it in 1978. In 1985 I bought a 286 with 2 Meg of RAM and a 40 Meg hard drive, and it cost me $1500.00; then I spent another $90.00 for a math co processor. I had a neighbor, who did programming come over to see it. He asked me why I needed so much horsepower in a home PC.
I had a Kim one before that, but it was more of an industrial controller.
I picked up a liberal Troll on my steemit page....
:)>1500! ha! So much horsepower. lol.
what post is that on with the troll and are you debating with them?
Toy by today's standards, for sure.
He is trolling:
The DNC is ignoring the Rule of Law (again) and they are making their illegal Investigation totally closed to everyone!
Where he is trying to convince me that what President Trump has done to try to reach truth, is worse than what Biden did with a self admitted quid pro quo. Sheeple for sure!
>:(I'm surprised another one found you but it should be entertaining for you!
Sad to see a person living with a liberal lobotomy. Must be painful....
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Yes I pity them! So blinded and deceived.
Twisted. I do pity them, but that pity does not extend so far as to allow them to destroy my Republic, unopposed!
The troll is back. Don't have this on weku....
>:(You mean no one debates on weku? That person seems very civilized at least.
Debates, but not liberal diarrhea on my page. Volumes of liberal talking points....
>:(At least it's some attention and interaction but that doesn't do any good with that person, they're immovable. Sorta like smithlabs in his recliner unless it's a food call then he's Rocket Man.
With her on a wheelchair, I always have to cook, so the food call starts with me, LOL! So the rotten dog gets the recliner....
:)>dogs rule.
Mine think so, LOL!
:)>I reckon they all do. Jack does.
Excellent! Glad he has you trained....
:)>I doubt if he has me trained as well as you are trained.lol.
My training has slipped a little since Lilly passed, but Von is trying to pick up the slack.
:)>lol! Go Von!
He is running the place for sure!
:)>Great technology! I think I'll wait until the computer understands what I'm saying ...
lol! Howdy galtsund! I know what you mean and that verbal programming is progressing rapidly also from what I've read. I think in a few years we'll be shocked as far as how we can access, control and interact!