Comments on: Gadget of the Month: Laser Virtual Keyboard http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/01/25/gadget-of-the-month-laser-virtual-keyboard/ Your premium source for custom modification services for phpBB Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:39:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dave.rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/01/25/gadget-of-the-month-laser-virtual-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-2370 dave.rathbun Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:50:34 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=54#comment-2370 Ah, then yes, that would be a small problem if that is the case! :-D I have never researched driver loading; I know there are some things that don't fully "materialize" until a login script is run, but never stopped to think about drivers. I just assumed they would load during the boot process. Ah, then yes, that would be a small problem if that is the case! :-D I have never researched driver loading; I know there are some things that don’t fully “materialize” until a login script is run, but never stopped to think about drivers. I just assumed they would load during the boot process.

]]> By: damnian http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/01/25/gadget-of-the-month-laser-virtual-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-2369 damnian Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:48:49 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=54#comment-2369 I believe the Bluetooth driver isn't yet loaded when Windows asks for the password. I believe the Bluetooth driver isn’t yet loaded when Windows asks for the password.

]]> By: dave.rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/01/25/gadget-of-the-month-laser-virtual-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 dave.rathbun Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:16:46 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=54#comment-2365 I would imagine so, but I don't know for sure. Is there a reason why you think it would not work with a password? I would imagine so, but I don’t know for sure. Is there a reason why you think it would not work with a password?

]]> By: damnian http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/01/25/gadget-of-the-month-laser-virtual-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 damnian Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:32:55 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=54#comment-2364 Now, I have a password set up on my Windows box. Will I be able to replace my keyboard with this unit? Now, I have a password set up on my Windows box. Will I be able to replace my keyboard with this unit?

]]> By: SamG http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/01/25/gadget-of-the-month-laser-virtual-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 SamG Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:57:58 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=54#comment-1382 I still carry a briefcase. Never cared for the experience of trying to use a notebook bag as a portable desk. :-P On the surface color thing, I was thinking more of being able to see the keyboard clearly. But maybe that's important only to people with truly pathetic typing skills. I still carry a briefcase. Never cared for the experience of trying to use a notebook bag as a portable desk. :-P

On the surface color thing, I was thinking more of being able to see the keyboard clearly. But maybe that’s important only to people with truly pathetic typing skills.

]]> By: dave.rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/01/25/gadget-of-the-month-laser-virtual-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-1370 dave.rathbun Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:01:11 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=54#comment-1370 Hi, SamG! Welcome to my blog and thanks for your comment. Nice to see another familiar name from phpbb.com stopping by and wasting time here. :-P I think part of the allure of gadgets is that they're not always practical, but they score very high on the "cool" scale. I would think that a briefcase would actually work well as a surface for the virtual keyboard... but does anybody carry a briefcase anymore? It's all laptop bags... I can't remember the last time I saw someone actually carrying a briefcase. As far as the surface, it just has to be flat. Since (I think) everything is done by light sensors, the color of the surface doesn't matter. I assume that this device works by detecting your fingers crossing the "shadow border" for the "key" and records it accordingly. Still cool, however it works. 8) Hi, SamG! Welcome to my blog and thanks for your comment. Nice to see another familiar name from phpbb.com stopping by and wasting time here. :-P

I think part of the allure of gadgets is that they’re not always practical, but they score very high on the “cool” scale. I would think that a briefcase would actually work well as a surface for the virtual keyboard… but does anybody carry a briefcase anymore? It’s all laptop bags… I can’t remember the last time I saw someone actually carrying a briefcase.

As far as the surface, it just has to be flat. Since (I think) everything is done by light sensors, the color of the surface doesn’t matter. I assume that this device works by detecting your fingers crossing the “shadow border” for the “key” and records it accordingly.

Still cool, however it works. 8)

]]> By: SamG http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/01/25/gadget-of-the-month-laser-virtual-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 SamG Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:16:10 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=54#comment-1368 That's very interesting. I'm a happy user of the Palm wireless (IR) keyboard, and I'm not sure how well it would work to use a virtual keyboard in what I think of as a typical mobile setting—restaurants, libraries, motels, briefcase tops, etc. I'm not recalling a lot of smooth, dark surfaces in those kinds of places. And what if my seriously pathetic typing skills only get magnified by a virtual keyboard? I was even more pathetic than usual when using the membrane keyboard of the Atari 400, for example. How embarrassing… But, the cool factor is definitely there, and if the price difference factor narrows, I might just have to take the thing for a spin. That’s very interesting.

I’m a happy user of the Palm wireless (IR) keyboard, and I’m not sure how well it would work to use a virtual keyboard in what I think of as a typical mobile setting—restaurants, libraries, motels, briefcase tops, etc. I’m not recalling a lot of smooth, dark surfaces in those kinds of places. And what if my seriously pathetic typing skills only get magnified by a virtual keyboard? I was even more pathetic than usual when using the membrane keyboard of the Atari 400, for example. How embarrassing…

But, the cool factor is definitely there, and if the price difference factor narrows, I might just have to take the thing for a spin.

]]> By: dave.rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/01/25/gadget-of-the-month-laser-virtual-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 dave.rathbun Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:44:16 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=54#comment-1265 This was a first! When I visited my blog this afternoon I had two real comments and zero in the spam queue. 8) That is almost worth an entire blog post by itself. I don't have a use for this either, as I had mentioned. But it just looked too cool to not talk about. This was a first! When I visited my blog this afternoon I had two real comments and zero in the spam queue. 8) That is almost worth an entire blog post by itself.

I don’t have a use for this either, as I had mentioned. But it just looked too cool to not talk about.

]]> By: Ganon_Master http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/01/25/gadget-of-the-month-laser-virtual-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Ganon_Master Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:55:04 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=54#comment-1264 I saw that thing before. Never typed with it, but it seems really cool. With a bluetooth card, you could probably connect this with your PC... :P However, I'm not really comfortable with the "small" keyboards. It's just that I'm used to this keyboard: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2166,CONTENTID=10717 It's the ultimate gaming 1337-ness. :D I saw that thing before. Never typed with it, but it seems really cool. With a bluetooth card, you could probably connect this with your PC… :P

However, I’m not really comfortable with the “small” keyboards. It’s just that I’m used to this keyboard: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2166,CONTENTID=10717
It’s the ultimate gaming 1337-ness. :D

]]> By: eviL<3 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/01/25/gadget-of-the-month-laser-virtual-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-1263 eviL<3 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:37:33 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=54#comment-1263 Very nice, i've seen that before :D I must admit that that's pretty cool, although i wouldn't have any use for it (and my mobile phone doesn't support bluetooth, as it's only used for simple SMS and phoning). Very nice, i’ve seen that before :D I must admit that that’s pretty cool, although i wouldn’t have any use for it (and my mobile phone doesn’t support bluetooth, as it’s only used for simple SMS and phoning).

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