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An iPhone-sized computer that can wirelessly connect to a monitor and keyboard could itself act as a mouse (with gesture recognition like Apple's Magic Mouse),
by Rangi42 12y ago
An iPhone-sized computer that can wirelessly connect to a monitor and keyboard could itself act as a mouse (with gesture recognition like Apple's Magic Mouse), a touchpad, a chorded keyboard, or any other peripheral that can be emulated with a touchscreen and some hardware buttons on the side. (Volume up/down could act like back/forward on a mouse, for instance.) This would be great for accessing your own data and applications from anywhere, without relying on cloud storage.
- Pwntastic 12y agoI really like this idea. I think you could add in accelerometer support and make the phone function like an actual mouse, physically moving it around the desk like you would a physical mouse.
- keeperofdakeys 12y agoAn accelerometer measures acceleration, not movement. You need some kind of optical sensor (even the camera) to make it usable as a mouse.
- mattegan 12y agoThe integration of acceleration is velocity, integrate again and you have position.
- keeperofdakeys 12y agoYou have that annoying +C though, so you need an initial velocity. While you can just shove 0 in there, it would still not be 100% accurate, and you'd want it to reset when no acceleration is detected for a period of time. So while I'm sure you could make it work convincingly, it still wouldn't work as well as a proper rollerball or optical sensor.
- cwe 12y agoAn iPad makes even more sense as a combo keyboard/trackpad hybrid, with dynamic multitouch interactions that could be app specific. This is what I dream about.