I struggle with my keyboard and mouse every day. I’m an abysmal typist, and lousy posture has taken its toll on muscles and tendons, making input painful at times. Plus, keyboards and mice just aren’t fun.
The PC has evolved from an electronic typewriter and calculator to an entertainment system, but we still interact with it as if we were at work — seated at a desk, hands suspended over a keyboard or clutching a mouse.… Read the rest
Future of tech will make you look like the Borg “You look like a Borg,” people told me as I tried out head-mounted video displays for this month’s column. It wasn’t just an objective observation, like saying “You look like Tom Hanks”.… Read the rest
Towards Cooperative Environmental Management [View on Amazon] I began this book in 1996, partly as a retrospect on progress since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. By most accounts, the results of Rio have been disappointing. Though the world community pledged a huge increase in development aid for the environment, scarcely any countries have kept their promises.… Read the rest
