On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:27:03 -0500, Roy J. Tellason
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rtellason@...> wrote:
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>
> I remember well reading an article in Popular Electronics, back in the
> 1960s
> some time, where the point was made that with the trend in
> "miniaturization"
> that was started even back then, the ultimate limit wasn't going to be
> in
> the circuitry, but rather in the bits that the operator had to interact
> with-- the controls and such.
> And while those have gotten smaller than they used to be as well, there
> is a
> limit!
> Bigger knobs and switches are easier to operate anyway!
>
Hehe...
A teacher of mine used to say they will soon have to transplant the ear
closer to the mouth, looking at the mobile phones. Well, he was wrong,
they simply used a much bigger airgap between mouth and phone.
I have more than once heared people complain about the size of knobs on
phones, remote controls, etc.....
especially when they get older..
ST