Do you think it may have some… adult applications?
(cue Mitchell & Webb's sketch about armored scorpion of death)
MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad
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#82Do you think it may have some… adult applications? (cue Mitchell & Webb's sketch about armored scorpion of death)
Teledildonics is big business these days!
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#83I 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…
One use case that popped in my head was stealthy use, like card counting or cheating on tests. Especially if it had some kind of haptic feedback.
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#84Do you think it may have some… adult applications? (cue Mitchell & Webb's sketch about armored scorpion of death)
Watch the video?
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#85I'm able bodied, but years back suffered tremendous pain, that led to me having to lie down on my back and use the computer with a keyboard. And TBH even that was a pain. I got quite far under OSX tiger, and browse the web. Use a terminal etc. But at the time it led me into thinking about alternative interfaces. And the one thing that did catch my eye was 'dasher' for text entry. Which could be controlled with a simple pointer. And it did make me wonder how far you could go with a pointer based interface. I wasn't that fast while trying it out. But could construct sentences with a bit of effort.
https://www.inference.org.uk/dasher/
I've been thinking about it some more recently, as AI could assist with word completion, and augmenting it with some AI helpers could really improve things. And if the idea was extended.
Not wanting to sound like an able-ist snob, but interfacing with traditional computers with a keyboard is hard. And the interface is clumsy. Even touch devices and keyboards. My Mum could never use a computer, but she has worked out how to use a tablet and find videos on Youtube. I keep meaning to introduce her to voice input. As this would really benefit her.
Despite the huge tech leaps with smartphones and tablets and what not, I do feel there has been a huge regression in basic communication between people only exacerbated by the pandemic. There's knowledge available easily at people's fingertips and that's great, along with new channels of communication. But text based comms have retarded many people.
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#86Would love to see the base of products like this open sourced.
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#87I must say I thought this was some "become a 100X engineer, write code faster by using your tongue!!!" venture capital thing, until I saw the video.
Great work, but without having the context of the video it is weird.
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#88I'd like to see more comments from the target audience, at the moment the comment section is full of abled people who speculate on the needs and experiences of the target audience.
I'm a c-5 incomplete quadriplegic with hemispheric stroke-like paralysis that bothers my body all over. Some of it is just weakness, some of it is incomplete sensation, some of it is total paralysis. I have one weak-yet-functioning hand, and one hand that works only via the tone present in the hand as a rough pointing-poking tool. I use a manual wheelchair. At my injury level I am exceedingly fortunate to have decent…
> I would love this as a device for TIG-torch actuation
My mom works with people with disabilities and all of her clients that I've met are like this--determined and capable.
I imagine there's a lot of people who need help in getting these tech setups going with a bunch of trial and error and then after that they can independently operate. Are there any volunteer groups that help with that?
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#89I'd like to see more comments from the target audience, at the moment the comment section is full of abled people who speculate on the needs and experiences of the target audience.
I have joint+nerve issues and struggle using a computer -- but a mouse in particular -- for extended periods. Something like this would be game-changing for me; it would be awesome to have another input with "resolution"/accuracy anywhere close to what the mouse can do. Eye tracking isn't quite it for me, trackballs are very uncomfortable (thumbs are one of the biggest joint issues for me), ergonomic mice that meet my needs are hard to find with left-handed design, keyboard as mouse input works terribly, ... so a device like this would be wonderful.
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's also a neat way of avoiding the "poisoned reply envelope" trick in case someone's trying to murder you
Or if someone doesn't want to marry you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ0UngGRsck
I can't help but think that there's easier ways to call off a wedding