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Article #732Re: The Ultimate Interface
From: Doug Salot
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1988 07:59
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1988 07:59
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Rob Jellinghaus wrote: > Perhaps something like William Gibson's "cyberspace" will become the > prevailing metaphor; you'll move through shimmering spaces of data on > your screen... Screen? I don't need no stinking screen. I want a real *user* interface, you know, like a DB-25 in my forehead. Of course, the gender of the connector would match the gender of the user, so that sex would still be fun. All seriousness aside, they make hearing aids that connect to the auditory nerve, don't they. Heck, I'd settle for an optical nerve gateway. But what would Nancy Reagan and Tipper Gore think? Doug Salot
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!hplabs!hplabsz!taylor From: doug@feedme.UUCP (Doug Salot) Newsgroups: comp.society Subject: Re: The Ultimate Interface Message-ID: <1944@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> Date: 27 Apr 88 07:59:34 GMT Sender: taylor@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM Organization: Feedme Microsystems, Orange County, CA Lines: 13 Approved: taylor@hplabs