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Good idea. Could be used on all manner of devices. [+] |
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plug n play woman version?.....'Whenever I get a new woman, espcially a nasty one I'm unfamiliar with, I'm always a little confused with the array of buttons on the dash and console........... |
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+ obviously great for rental cars and when stealing an unfamiliar automobile... |
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"Really, the only thing I don't like about the new S-Class is that there's all these gadgets, but I can't get the tooltips off German" |
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Superb - I wonder if it would be possible to implement this at the finger end of the finger/object relationship - with a little pop-out placard stating exactly whatever it is the finger is currently hovering over. |
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Could make car sex especially interesting. |
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"Air Conditioning"
"Vent"
"Air Conditioning"
"Vent"
"Air Conditioning"
"Vent"
"Vent"
"Vent"
"Vent"
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Of course, the voice used would be a vital factor. Who could we rely upon to deliver the necessary reassurance factor? Morgan Freeman? Dick Cheney? How about an irascible Christopher Hitchens or Jeremy Paxman? |
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Jeremy Clarkson, shirley? |
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"Tacky upholstery straight out of Hammond's living room."
"Flimsy card-board overhead mirror, not fit for my face."
"God-awful neon dashboard, like Times Square... in plastic." |
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<past the wheel and behind> |
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"Oh yeah... The Ignition." |
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Cute, but I don't think that's the kind of "tool tip" jon had in mind. |
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That cracked me up normzone. |
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"That is your finger, used for pointing at things", whatever you point at. |
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I'm sure it's in the settings to turn off the finger-over function. Did I not say? |
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"Steering Wheel" [repeat ad nauseum] |
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Gilbert Gottfreid, or perhaps Bobcat Goldthwait? |
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This is how my idea is : You have this 2 state "help switch" button: a translucent big orange button in the center of the dashboard, with a question mark... when the button is pressed, whatever other button you press, instead of the actual action, it will speak out the item name, preferably to a language set by spinning the jog dial around the help button. |
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When the button is in the "help" (pressed) state it will glow bright orange. This would help the user because it will directly program his sub-concious "Look here - if I am glowing bright orange, I am activated!" |
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When the button is not pressed, the buttons just do whatever the buttons were actually meant to do...... along with a confirmation from the voice synth, preferably in the language you chose by the jog wheel.. |
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