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Sense board virtual keyboard for

wearables is an all new typing


experience [w/video]
With the advent of wearable computing, the need for supporting input devices
is rising, and to fuel this need, researchers around the world are working
overtime to create intuitive peripherals for modern times. Going along the
same lines, research headed by Lars Asplund, Professor Emeritus in Robotics
at Malardalen University (MDH), Sweden is onto a virtual keyboard that
perfectly syncs with ultra-modern wearables. With years into the making this
wearable input device called Sense board is a virtual keyboard that works with
Google Glass or Oculus Rift, as well as mobile devices and computers, for a
very surreal typing experience.

In the near future, you may not need to touch your phone, tablet,
or keyboard when you want to type. Thats the concept behind
the Tap Strap, an amazing wearable Bluetooth keyboard that

converts finger movements into key presses, so you can tap out
messages using any surface as a virtual keyboard.
Dont expect a visual prompt, or some laser-projected keyboard to
guide you. Its all done using gestures. You start by putting on the
Tap Strap. It slides over your fingers like a glove, and is made
from a soft smart-fabric that has sensors inside to analyze finger
movements. It can go on either hand, or you can wear two for
faster two-handed typing.
Related: This smartwatch keyboard could be a QWERTY killer
Tapping with each finger will see a character or number appear
on the screen, and its possible to punctuate and insert special
characters using different gestures. While Tap Systems, the
company behind the Tap Strap, hasnt said exactly how it works,
a Bloomberg report says a single tap from each of your five fingers
translates into a vowel, and combinations add consonants.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/tap-strap-wearablekeyboard-news/#ixzz4PXawkafK There are apparently 31 possible


finger taps, and although an accuracy of 99 percent is promised,
we expect a strong predictive text element to play a part of the
Tap Straps typing skills. Most people struggle to remember more
than handful of gestures, let alone 31. Tap Systems sees the Tap
Strap as an alternative to voice control, emphasizing the privacy
aspect of using gestures to type messages as one of its major
benefits.
Bluetooth connectivity
The Tap Strap connects using Bluetooth, and therefore should
operate with almost any mobile device, but the real advantage
here could be for use with VR headsets. Anyone who has tried
typing on the Gear VR where you must look at each individual
character on the screen will know how laborious the process
can be. Wear the Tap Strap, and you could tap out commands on

your leg. It also negates the problem of how to type on a


smartwatchs small screen, and is already compatible with smart
TVs, Windows and Mac OS X, plus Android and iOS devices.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/tap-strap-wearablekeyboard-news/#ixzz4PXbUqlyw


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Sense board Keyboard
The keyboard-application was the most intricate in the development of Sense board.
That drove most of the sensor development. It started with the simple pressure switch,
and was followed by a limited IMU and at the end it had a five degree IMU.
The fingers position were measured by Electric Field Sensing (see more at sensor) and
the combination with IMU a learning system (based on ANN Artificial Neural
Networks) could learn your way of typing a text. After typing one page the system could
read the typing. The accuracy was, however, only 90-95%.

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