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MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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Re: MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad

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post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221517055_An_Isomet...

1997! Why hasn't this become mainstream?

It requires custom hardware to fit each user's mouth properly, and as a medical device, a doctor's note is required. Or at least way back when. The FDA may have moved on that, enabling this device this time around.

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I realise this is intended for accessibility (for which is looks amazing), but I can also see this gaining widespread abled [0] use for things like gaming, and making mobile computing easier. I can see myself pulling out the iPad on the train, and popping in the mouthpad to make navigation through Mails, Procreate, etc. easier. [0] I tried "non-disabled" here, but that just seemed too clumsy. Am I missing an obvious…

Lick right in Tinder!

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post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Define 'mainstream' ? The market for this thing is pretty limited. And tongue controlled controllers aren't a novelty, they are used sometimes, but again - they are mostly one-time devices.

I’ve never heard of tongue control devices before today. What are you referring to?

Likely this one, from 1998.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0960-1317/8/2/028...

Unfortunately, Steven Hawking's muscular dystrophy affected his tongue as well so he was unable to use it, but it was in that context that I heard about it.

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post #56

I wonder what the tongue equivalent of RSI will be? Jokes aside, it's really great to see innovations like this in human-machine interfaces.

> I wonder what the tongue equivalent of RSI will be? Throat cancer

caused by stress?

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Great idea! Does anyone know what the current state of brainwave navigation is? I saw a flurry of investment in new startups over the last 5 years but it's all gone a bit quiet

It turns out that the promised innovations never came, not without having to put in way more work training the brain than buyers of a toy wanted to put in.

You can buy a Neurosky off eBay to play with for < $200 if you're really interested in trying to do said training.

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My guess is this w8list and the custom devices are a huge cashcow for them. I bet they could just mass produce them in a soft form that may not be perfectly fit every mouth but fit well enough to be used.

What do these things coast? I bet its a fortune.

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post #56

I wonder what the tongue equivalent of RSI will be? Jokes aside, it's really great to see innovations like this in human-machine interfaces.

There might actually be positive elements from strengthening tongue muscles - better elocution/pronunciation, less snoring.
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