[Noisebridge-discuss] Typing gloves or similar?

[Sai Emrys]

Has anyone used a good tether-free / large-item-free input method?

The closest I know is that RyanC's used Twiddler2[1] and seems to
somewhat like it.

My preference is for something that'd let me keep a fairly high input
speed after reasonable training[2], but that could be part of some
low-profile worn computing setup like I mentioned a little while ago.

In my futuristic ideal design sense, this'd be a mostly-cloth glove
that lets me program arbitrary virtual keys in 3d space (with
arbitrary chord to output mappings[3]), and haptic feedback of some
sort integrated. Something that Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster
would use.

But I doubt such a device exist IRL right now. So what's the closest?
Is this within feasible reach for a project?

- Sai

[1] http://handykey.com/ - see also:
http://www.frogpad.com/
http://www.matias.ca/halfkeyboard/
[2] I'm ~99wpm, 98% accurate on a QWERTY MS Natural 4k keyboard; never
learned another input method
[3] It'd be awesome if we could make an input device for the gripping
language… http://000024.org/conlang/gripping.html