Comments on: Think It To Do It: The Problem With Touchscreens—and Hands http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2011/11/29/think-it-to-do-it-the-problem-with-touchscreens-and-hands/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Lorena http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2011/11/29/think-it-to-do-it-the-problem-with-touchscreens-and-hands/#comment-108 Lorena Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:32:23 +0000 http://discoverblogs.sixfeetup.com/crux/?p=416#comment-108 I'd rather press a button than tap into glass. I think it's healthier for the fingers. This coming from a piano student :D I’d rather press a button than tap into glass. I think it’s healthier for the fingers. This coming from a piano student :D

]]> By: James Naranjo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2011/11/29/think-it-to-do-it-the-problem-with-touchscreens-and-hands/#comment-107 James Naranjo Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:15:52 +0000 http://discoverblogs.sixfeetup.com/crux/?p=416#comment-107 Yes, this inevitable. But I hope we can do it with an external connection, brain implanted wetware creeps me out. Yes, this inevitable. But I hope we can do it with an external connection, brain implanted wetware creeps me out.

]]> By: Adam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2011/11/29/think-it-to-do-it-the-problem-with-touchscreens-and-hands/#comment-106 Adam Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:53:20 +0000 http://discoverblogs.sixfeetup.com/crux/?p=416#comment-106 "If, for a moment, we make a phenomenological leap and presume that we are our brain, everything else on the body is just a tool that can be improved." That's a bit of a scary thought. Does the future of human interaction with machines lie with us transferring our brains to those machines because they are better than our bodies (those useless and out-dated tools)? “If, for a moment, we make a phenomenological leap and presume that we are our brain, everything else on the body is just a tool that can be improved.”

That’s a bit of a scary thought. Does the future of human interaction with machines lie with us transferring our brains to those machines because they are better than our bodies (those useless and out-dated tools)?

]]> By: Chris Maloney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2011/11/29/think-it-to-do-it-the-problem-with-touchscreens-and-hands/#comment-105 Chris Maloney Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:18:56 +0000 http://discoverblogs.sixfeetup.com/crux/?p=416#comment-105 It's shortsighted to think that once we tap directly into the cns that that will be the end. At that point, the question will become, how deeply into, or how far up, the cns can we go? It’s shortsighted to think that once we tap directly into the cns that that will be the end. At that point, the question will become, how deeply into, or how far up, the cns can we go?

]]> By: Mephane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2011/11/29/think-it-to-do-it-the-problem-with-touchscreens-and-hands/#comment-104 Mephane Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:43:28 +0000 http://discoverblogs.sixfeetup.com/crux/?p=416#comment-104 Well, I think using the entire hand to interact with devices is still another step forward, it is just not the ultimate step. Eventually, I agree, all machines will be controlled by mere thought, and we'll possibly achieve telepathic communication by means of built-in cybernetic radio transceivers, but there is still a lot to do to reach that point. Well, I think using the entire hand to interact with devices is still another step forward, it is just not the ultimate step. Eventually, I agree, all machines will be controlled by mere thought, and we’ll possibly achieve telepathic communication by means of built-in cybernetic radio transceivers, but there is still a lot to do to reach that point.

]]> By: Dwight E. Howell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2011/11/29/think-it-to-do-it-the-problem-with-touchscreens-and-hands/#comment-103 Dwight E. Howell Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:14:37 +0000 http://discoverblogs.sixfeetup.com/crux/?p=416#comment-103 People will end up with electromagnetic communication implants use to interface with their hardware and software at some point. I think that gestures in air without touching the screen or voice commands will become popular next but I could be wrong. People will end up with electromagnetic communication implants use to interface with their hardware and software at some point. I think that gestures in air without touching the screen or voice commands will become popular next but I could be wrong.

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