Georgia Tech Researchers Demonstrate Blowable User Interface

[HardOCP News]

Georgia Tech claims to have developed a “blowable user interface” that allows you to control your computer by blowing on it. While I am not 100% sure, I think the idea of blowing something to get it to do what you want has been around for a looooong time.

Once installed, users can puff on either side of the screen in order to scroll left / right, icons can be selected depending on the fierceness of the puff and games could integrate the technology in to add another level of interactivity.

 

[Azhar]

Georgia Tech claims to have developed a “blowable user interface” that allows you to control your computer by blowing on it. While I am not 100% sure, I think the idea of blowing something to get it to do what you want has been around for a looooong time.

My girlfriend was reading this over my shoulder and she said you couldn't be more right

 

[RoBo]

But can it blow you?

 

[yang88she]

But can it blow you?

They are still looking for volunteers to test that part of the project

 

[larryBird44]

This sounds kinda similar to a Nintendo DS game I saw a kid playing...he was blowing the clouds away

 

[TechLarry]

Oh, what fun we could have with this story LOL

 

[metril]

Great. Seems like computers get all the girls these days.


On a side note, I am a Tech student. Go GT.

This might actually be fun.

 

[Mad_CatMk2]

same here, GT studenn=t
go Tech...
we're so special that we create the best things in the world

but some of our researchers did create microneedle patches for applying shots

 

[Dunan]

how incredibly stupid.

data to me just isnt that important, not at the desktop pc level.

 

[Oomps]

how incredibly stupid.

data to me just isnt that important, not at the desktop pc level.

Let me lop off your arms and we'll see if you still agree.

 

[Azhar]

whoa there guy.. no arm = no porn

well we can use the other arm and blow on the monitor, right?

 

[CaptNumbNutz]

This would be most useful for quadrapalegics [sp?]. I thought the paralyzed already had something similiar to this? Or was it a stick that they bite on to move the mouse?

 

[S-B]

This would be most useful for quadrapalegics [sp?]. I thought the paralyzed already had something similiar to this? Or was it a stick that they bite on to move the mouse?

Exactly. What is wrong with the rest of you? Doesn't anyone realize disabled people use computers too?

 

[Azhar]

Exactly. What is wrong with the rest of you? Doesn't anyone realize disabled people use computers too?

Cool your jets. I'm disabled and I don't care the least bit when people joke around at our expense. I'm sure I speak for most of them when I say we don't want your pity.

 

[dawp]

whoa there guy.. no arm = no porn

well we can use the other arm and blow on the monitor, right?

just don't get the arms with the hooks.

 

[RoBo]

just don't get the arms with the hooks.