Microchip Fingers
My evil genius strikes again!
I have had an idea which may revolutionise computing.
The main idea is the use of an RFID tag much like was proposed for clubs and bars in order to pay for drinks and build up a profile of drinking habits, allowing people to scan their arms or hands in order to pay for/order drinks.
The idea which I have uses this technology to provide a means of cross computer interaction with no physical connection between them (i.e. network). The idea is spawned from days in the lab, sitting with my PowerBook and desktop machine both running at the same time. My desktop has an Internet connection whereas my PowerBook however does not have a connection at university, this poses a problem whilst trying to exchange data (text snipits, files, URLs, etc) between the two computers.
The RFID tag is implanted into the forefinger of the user’s left hand, then when using a special keyboard with an RFID sensor underneath the user can copy data between the computer and his hand. From here the user will be able to use the data stored in his hand with other devices.
This would allow the user to say:
- highlight a region of text
- hit
Ctrl + Shift + C(or some other shortcut) to copy the text - this would transfer the data to the RFID tag
- then using a second keyboard they would hit
Ctrl + Shift + V - this would paste the text into the foreground process on the second computer
This would solve all those niggling problems with transferring and copying data between two physically near computers without the need for e-mail, file transfers or other means of doing so. Obviously this is constrained by file sizes and the data held in the RFID tag would degrade over time, however as this is a local, quick exchange of data, that shouldn’t matter.
Essentially you would be transferring data in a Minority Report style of interaction (without all the cool hand gestures). You would carry the data from one terminal to another.
Stick a finger up at USB sticks,
- Chris
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Sounds interesting, would be handy for where you have 2 adjacent computers that
you can’t connect with ethernet for whatever reason.
A less invasive method might be to use bluetooth, with a process in the
background constantly syncing the clipboards between all of your devices.
Obviously you’d need bluetooth for all of your devices – most mobile devices
have it as standard these days anyway – so it’d just be a matter of plugging a
USB dongle into the lab machine (and writing the software).
Then again, if your desire is to wave your hands around like a fanny, who am I
to stop you?
The whole point in this type of method is that it is not locally ranged.
Say the data will be available for a minute after copying, this means you have the area within a minutes walk available for moving the data to.
If a variation could be produced to stop the degradation of the data (i.e. some sort of tiny flash memory) you could take the data anywhere with you.
Come the use of touch screens (a lot more readily), being able to touch the application or area of the screen which you wish to paste your data would be available. Essentially moving towards the more intuitive way of moving data between separate devices.
The possibilities are endless, perhaps we could have one RFID tag in each finger, this would allow 10 distinct things to be copied and held at once (and of course giving rise to more complex interaction).
Tom Cruise looked cool waving his hands about!
I actually have an rfid chip in the back of my right hand and currently the main problem is storage. My chip holds 256 bits, the largest available can only store 2048. So currently your only good for short text strings. You’ll just have to wait I guess. I’d also be concerned about putting the chip somewhere so vunerable to impacts, they are glass and can break. The closest thing I have seen is one bloke with a small magnet implanted in his finger. just my 2 pence worth.