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"Chat" Concept is Like Living a Comic Strip
Posted by Sean Fallon at 1:20 PM on December 18, 2007
Artist Aram Bartholl's "Chat" concept enables users to engage in a conversation via brief text messages that are typed on a keyboard and projected onto a comic strip-like voice bubble overhead —not unlike the Voice Bubble Mirror from earlier this year. Even though the keyboard is wireless, a technician is needed to secure the bubble behind the speaker, so the whole project falls short of greatness. A video of Chat in action is available after the break.
On the other hand, if the bubble could be mounted on a hat and the text could be punched in using a mobile phone or something similarly compact, it could be a fun way to engage in a conversation. Until you were tired of looking like an idiot that is. [Project Page via Make]
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omg-ponies
Posted 10:05 PM 17/12/07
And here we have another invention that serves as little more than mental masturbation. Sure it's clever, but it's certainly not useful.
omg-ponies
ocdude
Posted 9:54 PM 17/12/07
wtf? No, seriously, what makes this even remotely a good idea? Though, I do see the potential for use in advertising, or something of the sort...but still.
ocdude
dysthymia
Posted 9:54 PM 17/12/07
I see:
Any spare change?
dysthymia
alin0steglinski
Posted 9:46 PM 17/12/07
hmm... future augmentative communication device huh..
alin0steglinski
maztec
Posted 10:43 PM 17/12/07
Y'know, that video might be a bit more interesting . . . if he wasn't always staring at his hands to type.
maztec
SomeoneUKno
Posted 12:52 AM 18/12/07
Hey look! If you encase the wireless keyboard in steel, you can use it as a weapon on the streets too!
SomeoneUKno
fufinache
Posted 3:47 AM 18/12/07
@omg-ponies: Although it's pretty useless to use it all the time, I can think of a couple of situations where it could be useful.
1) communicating with someone who is deaf whe you don't know sign language
2) when you want to broadcast a message to a lot of people who can't hear you e.g. driving in a car, listening to a portable applepod or any other mp2 player
fufinache
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 9:07 AM 18/12/07
What about as a classroom application so everyone can talk over each other without talking over each other?
92BuickLeSabre
birdgirl39
Posted 8:56 AM 18/12/07
Wow, having to use technology to look like a jackass. How cool.....(rolls eyes)
birdgirl39
strider_mt2k
Posted 8:52 AM 18/12/07
My inner monologue is MINE and MINE ALONE!
strider_mt2k
analyticalmind84
Posted 11:36 AM 18/12/07
@fufinache: the last thing i want to see is people broadcasting messages from their car
analyticalmind84
Tush
Posted 11:13 AM 18/12/07
I think this is sweet! Not everything has to be "useful". I can see this as being a statement.
Tush
spaceman37
Posted 12:43 PM 18/12/07
@fufinache and @analyticalmind84: You mean like this? [www.au-my.com]
spaceman37