The new bluetooth virtual computer keyboard will revolutionize the industry because it represents a paradigm shift away from the common input devices we use on a daily basis. Comparable to the size of a small TV remote, this portable keyboard makes it easy for people with disabilities to use and nearly eradicates the health problems of standard keyboards. Plus, since it projects a laser display, you’ll never experience “stuck” key syndrome. Clean and Green – Back to the Future!!!
Everyone remembers the futuristic cartoon “The Jetsons” and its technological advances with daily activities: the flying car, the robotic maid and watchdog, the airlift, and many other labor-saving gadgets. As children, we longed to see the day when we would live in a world where life was controlled by the use of a single button. In reality, however, during this time, automated technologies were in their embryonic stages and the use of computers around the world was minimal.
Revolutionary
Computers and video games were revolutionary inventions because they changed the way we worked and played. Kind of like what the pen and pencil had done, compared to a pen and ink. Computers went a step beyond the conventional output devices used during the time period and made us feel like we were moving into a futuristic world. The typewriter, which was the first successful mechanical device that used hand movements to communicate complex thoughts, eventually ceased to be manufactured and used on a daily basis. If you ask a 10-year-old to describe the machine called a typewriter, you’ll get a puzzled look.
Actually, the typewriter still exists! However, not in its original limited capacity, name, and bulky form. They have become computers. Computers were designed similar to typewriters so that their users could easily adapt to them. The computer keyboard kept the same “qwerty” format as its predecessor, the typewriter, and the rest is history! The computer offered much more functionality than the typewriter, which ultimately made it obsolete. So for modern thought to evolve and change the status quo, it must be convinced that any new ideas introduced are easily adaptable; as well as “better than” what is already in use.
A portable standard keyboard projected by a laser screen
Today, advances in digital electronics and bluetooth laser technology have revolutionized the modern standard keyboard. There will come a time in the near future when the device I am using to write this article will become “past”. The new bluetooth virtual computer keyboard is an invention that will revolutionize the computer industry because it is portable, relatively easy to use, and has long-term benefits for the human body and the environment.
The virtual laser keyboard projects an infrared standard keyboard screen onto any (preferably flat) surface. This means that the traditional “qwerty” keyboard format you learned in high school is transmitted to any surface area as a “holographic” screen. This device optically detects and inputs human hand/finger movements that mimic keystrokes on a conventional keyboard. Bluetooth technology will allow you to use this with desktop computers, laptops, pda’s and Blackberry’s. As I write this, I wonder if the future of musical instruments, specifically the piano, will ever be the same!
Health benefits for industry and personal use
There are many other benefits of using this technology. Mainly, the health aspect! With the spread of H1N1 and other airborne pathogens, people are becoming increasingly cautious about their surroundings. Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to see people wearing dust masks and using a lot of hand sanitizer solution. No one wants to catch the “super bug.” So the question is, “what does all this have to do with your standard keyboard?”
Well the answer is very simple!! **In recent studies, keyboards have been ranked dirtier than toilets http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Germs/story?id=4774746&page=1 **
They have been found to contain E.Coli (you know, the nasty little bacteria you don’t see that gets on your hand after using the bathroom and not disinfected properly), staph infections, MRSA, the flesh-eating bacteria, stomach flu and the list goes on and on. Using the keyboard is like a handshake or even a kiss. When you come in contact with one, you share what is lurking in it. Think of the many times you have seen a co-worker or family member come out of the bathroom and not wash their hands. Or how about the moment so-and-so sneezed (releasing 100,000 droplets of germs into the air). If you use computers, then chances are there are germs on your keyboard, the one-button device we use to simplify our lives. A shift towards the use of new technologies can eradicate this problem. The virtual bluetooth keyboard is that solution because there are no physical components that bacteria can come into contact with. As long as the surface it is projected onto is clean, it is 100% safe. Companies in the near future will implement this device because it can help prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses, as well as help employees with physical limitations.
Ergonomic sound: People who suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome will find the virtual keyboard relatively easy to use. Also, when using this device, people suffering from CTS symptoms cannot blame the company team.
Support the Green Movement
Last but not least. This technology supports the “green movement” because there would be no plastic keyboards that pollute or poison the environment. Everyone knows that plastic takes a considerable amount of time to break down. However, while in landfills, plastics break down into chemicals that are absorbed into the soil and possibly even into groundwater. Basically, in our quest to live comfortably, we tend to cause more trouble than we may have initially experienced.
By moving to a cleaner, greener and easier to use product, the virtual keyboard will revolutionize the way we use computers on a daily basis. The virtual computer keyboard with bluetooth not only offers a paradigm shift for input devices, but it is quite possible that such an item could also become a virtual display. Imagine merging a pseudo keyboard, along with a small projector, all of which emanate from a single device, the size of a small remote control.
