Comments on: Kinesis Foot Switches for Macs

By: Realty

Realty — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:13:34 +0000

Yes, I wonder if the pedals and keyboard could be hacked to give you extra senses in your human computer interaction.

By: Josh Malone

Josh Malone — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:23:42 +0000

Heh - reminds me of the time I added footswitches to my NES Advantage controller. One activated Start and the other was Select. Thus, I could change weapons in Metroid in mid-jump.

Awwwwwwww yeaaaaaaaah

By: JAbbott

JAbbott — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:56:07 +0000

I gotta say I was skeptical when I saw your keyboard during the tour last year (has it been that long?), but the idea of foot switches for meta keys sounds rad.

I’m putting this on my “to research” list to add to an XP machine with a wireless Logitech keyboard.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:47:42 +0000

Matt: Thanks for passing that along (and Wired is back up, btw). If you dig that stuff (and who doesn’t?), you may also be interested in the April 8th episode of The Command Line podcast where the host discusses that article.

Come to think of it, I’m guessing you may enjoy The Command Line podcast in general (web page / podcast feed). As described in the show’s intro, it’s about “the practice and profession of programming, the intersection of society and politics with technology, and anything else clever, elegant or funny that catches [the host’s] mind as a die-hard technology geek.”

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:21:55 +0000

You’re awesome at being a geek.

By: Matt M.

Matt M. — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:50:39 +0000

Wired is broken at the moment, but your post reminded me of the article Mixed Feelings about people adding new senses to their body.

I wonder if the pedals and keyboard could be hacked to give you extra senses in your human computer interaction.