[Antony]

Hello everyone!

I have designed an invention to access computers and technology with only head movement, the concept is much advanced compared to virtually everything else available in the world.... it's so good it should replace most sip and puff tubes and alternative clicking devices.

The reason why the invention is so advanced is that it takes almost 0 effort, same as a regular mouseclicking, it can be used for hours on end without noticing, up to five times a second.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1226391/disa...vice_invention/

I want this device to be available to everyone that has trouble clicking with hands, but I am unable to fund and research commercialisation and technical design of mass production.. it has a production cost of abou €8 in amounts above 1000, and should have a retail price of around €50. opportunity for business!Hopefully a charitable and enterprising person will do it. I'm interested in contributing.

a well-designed version of this could capture over 50% of the slip and puff tube market which amounts to thousands of devices. it would also have two buttons and be wireless and come as a clipversion that just clips to glasses and microphones.



its good for playing computer games, browsing, etc, 30 times faster than voice recognition, while I had hand injuries I used it for programming, computer games, correspondence, as simply as a mouse, it can be adapted to have a secondary switch also.

the device is relatively easy to make by joining the click-contacts in a mouse and extending them through very thin wires or even a wireless mouse to rigid frame that is easy to breathe on to.

the difficult thing to make it is the adjustable wind foil with the right amount of resistance to be perfectly comfortable and reliable, for dragging and dropping objects and avoiding unintentional double clicks.

it's difficult to design a small and lightweight hinge with just the right breath-response...believe it or not sticky tape works almost perfectly by using the right amount of it and the right players, it has the perfect elasticity, but has to be maintained and read done every 6 to 12 months. with an adjustable massproduced specifically made hinge it would be fantastically performant.

Thanks!

[Antony]

Please give me feedback so I have a fair idea!

here is some more information on the device...

it is made to be used in conjunction with head tracking.

it's hygienic-unlike tubes it stays dry and comfortable, it's time accurate to a few milliseconds, it allows for speech at the same time.

unlike facial/general muscle movements, breath control is as accurate and effortless as speech, except even more effortless...

I have used this particular device for over two years for a few hours a day, other than a renewing the hinge every 8 months it handles being sat on etc because it uses flexible wire.

It uses all ready-available parts, mouse circuit boards, wireless, etc.

I can give detailed instructions on how to make at home.

[Jeff Anderson]

I think this is a great idea that you put together, are you still trying to get this production ized?

Have you considered building a custom for people that ask for? You might need to charge more than a mass productionized version, but I'm sure some people would be interested, myself included...

while I probably do not have the funding to support mass production, I would definitely be interested in getting one for personal use...

regards
Jeff

Antony, on Apr 7 2008, 11:13 AM, said:

Hello everyone!

I have designed an invention to access computers and technology with only head movement, the concept is much advanced compared to virtually everything else available in the world.... it's so good it should replace most sip and puff tubes and alternative clicking devices.

The reason why the invention is so advanced is that it takes almost 0 effort, same as a regular mouseclicking, it can be used for hours on end without noticing, up to five times a second.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1226391/disa...vice_invention/

I want this device to be available to everyone that has trouble clicking with hands, but I am unable to fund and research commercialisation and technical design of mass production.. it has a production cost of abou €8 in amounts above 1000, and should have a retail price of around €50. opportunity for business!Hopefully a charitable and enterprising person will do it. I'm interested in contributing.

a well-designed version of this could capture over 50% of the slip and puff tube market which amounts to thousands of devices. it would also have two buttons and be wireless and come as a clipversion that just clips to glasses and microphones.



its good for playing computer games, browsing, etc, 30 times faster than voice recognition, while I had hand injuries I used it for programming, computer games, correspondence, as simply as a mouse, it can be adapted to have a secondary switch also.

the device is relatively easy to make by joining the click-contacts in a mouse and extending them through very thin wires or even a wireless mouse to rigid frame that is easy to breathe on to.

the difficult thing to make it is the adjustable wind foil with the right amount of resistance to be perfectly comfortable and reliable, for dragging and dropping objects and avoiding unintentional double clicks.

it's difficult to design a small and lightweight hinge with just the right breath-response...believe it or not sticky tape works almost perfectly by using the right amount of it and the right players, it has the perfect elasticity, but has to be maintained and read done every 6 to 12 months. with an adjustable massproduced specifically made hinge it would be fantastically performant.

Thanks!