Technology Advancements in Computer Interfaces

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Technology Advancements in Computer Interfaces
According to the Shelly Cashman Series of Office text books the 2 primary input devices used are the keyboard and mouse (Shelly, 2011). Since information management devices (i.e. personal computers, smart phones, and entertainment consoles) the technology and function have expanded vastly. The more function and operation we need out of our devices the more responsive and versatile we need these devices. We still need the standard keyboard and mouse for most information processing, but now to interact with device we find it common place to touch the screen directly. In the past few years we have seen new products come out such as the Xbox Kinect and the Samsung Galaxy series of phones that don’t even require physical contact from the user to operate.
Some where around the 1870s, teleprinter-like devices were used to simultaneously type and transmit stock market text data from the keyboard through telegraph lines to stock ticker machines to be immediately copied and displayed onto ticker tape. Later from 1903 to 1910 the more contemporary teleprinter was developed by American mechanical engineer Charles Krum and his son (Varies, 2013). This was the building blocks for our modern keyboards. Now keyboards come in and format or function you could need. Personal computers normally use the standard QWERTY Keyboard, but another common keyboard hitting the scene is what they call a “Thumb Keyboard”. These thumb keyboards are being integrated into most commonly into smart phones and tablet PCs because the take nothing more than a thumb to access all buttons of the keyboard.
These thumb keyboards in themselves have many functions and operations to make the more easier and faster to use. These n...

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...y. Science is in the process of learning how to harness our brain waves for interaction with electronic devices, so who knows we might never have to lift a hand again.

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