Topics:
Digital Life
Microsoft Invents E-Mail You Use With Your Feet
Called StepMail, the new, prototype software attempts to make e-mail both a little more fun and a lot more healthy, by getting "desk potatoes" off their duffs and onto their feet. Using combinations of steps on the game pad's arrows, users can forward, delete, open and otherwise manipulate e-mail. A related system enables people to browse photos by stepping. It's all pretty nutty, and doesn't feel like it will ever see the light of day. But it is perversely interested to watch the video.
« Simple Ideas Can Be Big Ideas | Main | When Is A Security Update Not A Security Update? » |
| Sign Up Now For InformationWeek News Alerts |
This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers.
Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service.
Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
| | | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
| | | ||||||||||||
| | | ||||||||||||
|
Ars Technica
Boing Boing Channel 9 Forums CRN Blogs Dr.Dobb's Portal: Blogs Engadget Gizmodo GrokLaw |
Lifehacker
Schneier on Security Slashdot TechCrunch Techdirt Techmeme Valleywag |
