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Module 8


Welcome back!
This week we will be leaving the CPU behind us and moving on to Chapter 5: Input and Output devices.
What's happening this week-
Begin reading Chapter 5 in your textbook. You will be quizzed over the material next week.
Participate in the Discussion Board; I will post the question on Tuesday.
View the lecture. It will be recorded Wednesday morning, I will send you an email when it is ready for you to view.
This week's links to review-
The picture above is a device called a Virtual Laser Keyboard, and is about the size of a cell phone. Have a closer look here-
http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/

Another exciting and futuristic keyboard now available is the Optimus Maximus Keyboard. This keyboard is unique because each of the keys can easily be removed and cleaned- and each houses a small OLED display. Using software that comes with the keyboard, you can place whatever image you want on each key of your keyboard! Make sure you take a look at the price on the right hand side. *gasp*
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/

And for those of you that like to eat and compute at the same time-
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11029793

With speech recognition software making such great improvements, it's possible we won't need keyboards at all in the not-so-near future. Read up a product called Dragon Naturally Speaking here:
http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/

QWERTY not your thing? Check out DVORAK here- http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Dvorak/