Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!topaz!STEINER@RUTGERS.ARPA From: STEINER@RUTGERS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.works Subject: Foot controls for workstations. Message-ID: <180@topaz.ARPA> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:50:59 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.180 Posted: Mon Jan 7 02:50:59 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 02:27:33 EST Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 22 From: glennp@maryland (Glenn Pearson) I'm beginning a research project involving the use of foot-activated devices, used in conjuction with CRTs or workstations. I would appreciate any pointers to existing work in this area, either literature references or information on existing devices. For example: - there was an article in BYTE a year ago about the use of a foot pedal as an auxillary CONTROL key; - Atari makes a platform for children to stand on, designed to seem like standing on a pair of skis, which allows body motion to control a home video game. -there are countless commercial video games that simulate driving & have a gas pedal. Particularly helpful would be any information about controlled experiments with such devices, especially in editing/word-processing/data-entry applications. Thanks. Glenn Pearson, Dept. of Computer Science Univ. of Maryland, College Park