computoman

This was not my project, but I really would like to try it. Sort of a 3d mouse. You should have good familiarity with the Arduino to do this project.  This definitely a project that could apply to the handicapped. Parts: Aluminum foil (1) Masking tape (1) Computer with Processing and Arduino software installed (1) Shielded cable, cut off the ends, cut into (3) 2' lengths (1) from RadioShack. Arduino (1) from RadioShack. 10KΩ resistors (3) from RadioShack. 220KΩ resistors (3) from RadioShack. Alligator clips (3) from RadioShack. pieces of cardboard (3) Main circuit: (left side to the Arduino and right side to each of the three foil plates.) Unit hookup: Arduino hookup: Software download links: Processing:  https://processing.org/download/?processing Arduino: https://github.com/Make-Magazine/3DInterface More information at: http://makezine.com/projects/a-touchless-3d-tracking-interface/

Not so long ago at least for me Mainframe, C=64, Fruit ][, Trs-80, MSDOS, CPM, and Unix  was all command line. When gui interfaces first came out ,users screamed bloody murder if they had to use a mouse. Now if you suggest using the command line aka keyboard, you get the same bloody murder reaction. Reminds me of the Star trek movie where Scotty tried to talk to a computer and found  that he had to use the keyboard [ faced with a 20th century computer ] Scotty : Computer! Computer? [ He's handed a mouse, and he speaks into it ] Scotty : Hello, computer. Dr. Nichols : Just use the keyboard. Scotty : Keyboard. How quaint.