If you look at the human body as a machine we have several input and output devices. Our fastest input devices are our eyes and ears. Our fastest output devices are our fingers (physical movement) and speech. We currently use 3 of these four mediums already when interfacing with machines however our speech remains neglected.
The historical complications for a machine in dealing with slight variations in dialect have made this type of input more difficult than a mouse / keyboard combination and so we build to accommodate that interface but I believe we are selling ourselves short in the long run.
Imagine for a moment that in order to visit a website you had to first acquire the IP address from either the site owner or someone close to the site owner then save it off in your browser with a meaningful name to you like “Bill Parker Blog number 3”. That would be completely [...]
At times forces beyond your control will send your business plummeting and there may seem like no way out. Sitting idle and hoping to find that magic bullet is the worst thing you can do. If you were a sail manufacturing company when the industrial revolution hit and steam ships took over you had a choice, find a new model for making money or hope this fad of steam power goes away. We all know how that one turned out.
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