Saturday, November 26, 2005

Crystal Ball

Imagine a highly ruggedized portable computer sitting in gel mounted in a crystal ball. Input is not via keyboard, but one or more cameras inside the ball which measure movement; that is, you "type" into the ball by waving your hands around it (the traditional way of communicating with a crystal ball, right?). The internal display need not be rectangular: it could be spherical or a bunch or displays on some of the faces of a polyhedron (try truncated cube). Power can be via induction (like an electric toothbruch), photovolatic, or vibration (magic 8 ball!).

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