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A new way to communicate
Google ^ | April 1, 2011 | staff

Posted on 04/01/2011 8:04:00 AM PDT by greyfoxx39

A new way to communicate The mouse and keyboard were invented before the Internet even existed. Since then, countless technological advancements have allowed for much more efficient human computer interaction. Why then do we continue to use outdated technology?

(Excerpt) Read more at mail.google.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Education; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: activecommunication; mindbending; revolutionary

How it works

Gmail Motion uses your computer's built-in webcam and Google's patented spatial tracking technology to detect your movements and translate them into meaningful characters and commands. Movements are designed to be simple and intuitive for people of all skill levels.


1 posted on 04/01/2011 8:04:10 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
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To: greyfoxx39

Hey, Google’s hiring: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompleter/index.html


2 posted on 04/01/2011 8:12:44 AM PDT by Calm_Cool_and_Elected ("The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." --Flannery O'Connor)
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To: greyfoxx39

More April Fools’ Day Fun????


3 posted on 04/01/2011 8:12:50 AM PDT by Lysandru ((Former Wrestler))
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To: greyfoxx39
Why then do we continue to use outdated technology?

The same reason we still use the wheel, the shovel, the diesel engine, the bipolar transistor, and the pressure carburetor in piston-driven airplanes: because they work.

4 posted on 04/01/2011 8:14:20 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
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To: greyfoxx39

How about actually using your voice! What a novel idea!


5 posted on 04/01/2011 8:14:29 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Where is our military?)
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To: Calm_Cool_and_Elected

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8c0/?pfm=AprilFools_homepage_Featured_7#tabs


6 posted on 04/01/2011 8:19:38 AM PDT by Calm_Cool_and_Elected ("The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." --Flannery O'Connor)
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To: Calm_Cool_and_Elected

I guess I don’t qualify for that job...”Good typing skills (at least 32,000 WPM).”


7 posted on 04/01/2011 8:24:36 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (White House war strategy 2011: Sun Tzu meets Barney Fife..H/T Iowahawk)
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Google did a good job of putting this together...

Movement Specialist

8 posted on 04/01/2011 8:27:23 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (White House war strategy 2011: Sun Tzu meets Barney Fife..H/T Iowahawk)
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To: greyfoxx39; backwoods-engineer; US_MilitaryRules

I’m loving the serious responses to Google’s April Fools day fun.


9 posted on 04/01/2011 8:49:53 AM PDT by Melas
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To: US_MilitaryRules
How about actually using your voice! What a novel idea!

Scotty(speaking into mouse): Computer, computer. Manager: Just use the keyboard. Scotty: A keyboard, how quaint!

10 posted on 04/01/2011 9:33:00 AM PDT by calex59
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To: Melas
I’m loving the serious responses to Google’s April Fools day fun.

Go ahead and chortle yourself silly. You know Google has proposed stupider stuff than this on a non-April-Fools day.

11 posted on 04/01/2011 12:21:03 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
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To: backwoods-engineer

My, aren’t you sensitive.


12 posted on 04/01/2011 4:23:48 PM PDT by Melas
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