Comtouch 1/23/01
(The basic gist of this meeting was to think about what a braille-based cell-phone type device would be like).

A direct text output mechanism for feeling braille on a cell phone.

Braille is Textual
->Using the cellphone's shape, each unit will have
5 inputs
5 outputs
-->wireless
-->Using existing input plate on bottom of cell phone?
-->Use existing cellphone forms

Checkout the following technologies

  1. BT->Haptics and telephones
  2. networked haptics
  3. TART Illusion
  4. Opticon (ifeel mouse)

Long list of questions (aka What are the known issues?)
Design space:
Analog vs discrete
output display on backside

Implentation questions:
Feedback channel when receiving text messages, what kind of handshakes will we use?
How do I know if the receiver is present?
WAP-- can use wap and voice at same time?
Ipnut preferences on busy?
multiplex information?
pager motor array to show braille?
stroke vs. image displays?
channel feedback? open loop when it is a superuser--> closed loop in text mode
communication through fingers or palm?
output channel--> what is the embodiment
input on side-->emotional

*Sile does not often use text messaging
Remind sile to email perry cook about fsrs.(DONE)
(unfortunately  i didin't take good notes on these)