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Re: Semaphore: A Full-Body Keyboard

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I was lamenting the use of "semaphore" but wikipedia supports them: > Semaphore (lit. 'apparatus for signalling'; from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma) 'mark, sign, token', and Greek -φόρος (-phóros) 'bearer, carrier')[1] is the use of an apparatus to create a visual signal transmitted over distance. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore I was only familiar with: > [A semaphore] is a variable or abstract data type used…

Semaphore flags were for communication between ships. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore Or if your Monty python restaging whuthering heights

Still are, as far as I'm aware.

Smoke signals are literally the oldest known semaphore, and fire is recorded to have been used to telegraph signals over 700km per hour in the Byzantine Empire.

Re: Semaphore: A Full-Body Keyboard

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post #4

Oh, this is like the April Fool's day joke, Google Motion, back in 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20151025130300/http://www.google... Where you type email with your full body.

My first thought was Dance Dance Authentication

https://stackoverflow.blog/2017/03/30/stack-overflow-unveils...

Re: Semaphore: A Full-Body Keyboard

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Every now and again I try and explain to non-coders why a software engineer might build something "just to see if I can" - and that a lot of the software they use probably started out as such. The video captures that so well!

Re: Semaphore: A Full-Body Keyboard

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I wonder if there are any good keyboards that are part of trousers, but that are also hidden, you know not immediately obvious that you've got a keyboard on your trousers. Then you could have a computer in the pocket or a bag and a HUD! That could be very cool!

You can integrate 30% or smaller wireless keyboard (with Elite-C) in your trousers IMHO. This would address "good" part (think something like this https://www.tzcl.me/blog/rae-dux but without PCB and wired using wires). At least I use adux keyboard of similar size daily. Or you can go even smaller with something like this https://artsey.io/ but I am not sure if this could be considered good. Next part would be concea…

Just as an fyi, that second device is a chorded keyboard. I only mention it because the name's not on the page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorded_keyboard
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