A computer without the computer

[OakRidgeStars]

The touchy-feely interface is here to stay, I guess. A pretty cool gizmo nonetheless.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/50 ... ch-screen/

[ShotgunBlast]

Neat stuff. Looks like a solution looking for a problem. I do think tablets and smartphones will be around for some time before this starts making inroads in whatever market segment it'll be sold to.

[SpanishInquisition]

There's a similar portable bluetooth device that uses a laser to project a QWERTY keyboard onto a flat surface.

I don't think we'll have a better user interface than a keyboard and mouse until computers understand spoken language lots better or someone figures out how to do more than the very simple brain wave controls that exist now.

[gfost1]

Howdy,
This device turns any surface into an interactive whiteboard, which are currently quite pricey. By projecting a target onto a durable or self-healing surface, and sending an image of the bullet "holes" to a local monitor at the shooters position, it could usher hi-tech into a new generation of shooting facilities on the cheap.

Regards,

George

[SpanishInquisition]

Actually, there are some facilities that use sound to score hits. A number of microphones are placed around the range and based on the time delays of the firing sound and the impact sounds, a computer does the mach and figures out which land fired and where the round hit.

One of my buddies worked for one of the companies that was manufacturing this stuff.

[ShotgunBlast]

Howdy,
This device turns any surface into an interactive whiteboard, which are currently quite pricey. By projecting a target onto a durable or self-healing surface, and sending an image of the bullet "holes" to a local monitor at the shooters position, it could usher hi-tech into a new generation of shooting facilities on the cheap.

Regards,

George

Like this?

[gfost1]

Like this?

Naw, I was thinking of something using real guns and boolits. Put the devices on a LAN and you could score targets on the fly, project different sizes/shapes of targets for different matches, etc. I suppose those laser thingys have their role, but I still like to feel the BANG and smell the powder.

Regards,

George

[breacher]

About the projecting bluetooth keyboard... Could we go for some kind of Guinness World Record by projecting it downrange while 30 VGOF'ers shoot at it in sync to type a paragraph.

[DunderMifflin]

Are there bugs being worked out in this still?