May 16, 2019

93: Optimal Interface

1 hour 41 minutes

With a growing number of device categories and devices within them, it can be hard to pick what devices from what category will meet your needs. Jason Snell joins John to try to determine what the optimal interface is for what use case you might need and where technology is heading.
With Jason Snell and John Chidgey.

Related Article Links:

Optimal Interface: Part 1 Input

Optimal Interface: Part 2 Output

Optimal Interface: Part 3 Devices

Referred During Show:

The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling by Ted Chiang

Robot or Not

Miscellaneous Links:

Speech recognition

Siri

Amazon Alexa

Google Assistant

Cortana

What is the Average Speaking Rate?

Brain Computer Interface

A Beginner’s Guide to Brain-Computer Interface and Convolutional Neural Networks

Speed of Speech vs Speed of Thought

About Braingate

Computer mouse

Pointing Stick aka Accupoint

Computer Keyboard

Trackball

Touchpad

Kinect

Light Pen

Touchscreen

Resistive Touchscreen

Capacitive Sensing

Average Typing Speed

Toshiba Satellite

Eye

Resolving the iPhone Resolution: Bad Astronomy

Pixel Density

Display Size, Resolution, and Ideal Viewing Distance

Refreshable Braille Display

Digital Scent Technology

Virtual Reality

VR Sickness Should Be Mostly Solved In 5 Years

Virtual Reality: Motion Sickness May Be Avoided With New Innovation | Fortune

Virtual Reality Sickness

Google Glass

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Episode Gold Producer:

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Episode Silver Producers:

Carsten Hansen, John Whitlow and Joseph Antonio.

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