Computer Input Technologies By Alan Turing

In order to replace human senses, computers needed input devices for perception and data entry.

Although the computer is an amazing machine, a person requires some training to be able to use it. On the other hand, “you can learn to use a pencil in less than 10 seconds” (332). Laing argues that the simplicity of a pencil makes it a better option when

Wk9 Assignment 9.1 Ernest Prince 10/28/2016 I am originally from Nigeria and where I grew up we were technologically disadvantage the only system I saw at an early age was a typewriter. I remember watching on the television people using computers and the internet I promised to take it on myself to learn if given the opportunity. The first thing I started doing before I had the opportunity to use the system was to personally start educating myself by buying the book titled “computer for dummies”, I started practicing even without a computer to practice on I was not deterred but resumed picturing the image of all keys and functions until the day when I finally got the opportunity to use a computer everyone around me was surprised at my vast level

computing and how from a type writer we came to a device that allows us to multitask

Defining intelligence is extremely difficult and researchers now think that there are lots of different aspects to it, including; social, logical, creative, emotional and practical intelligence. The correct representation of the word is arguably a matter of opinion as there are many different definitions. With this argument in mind, it makes the task of arguing a Computers level of intelligence (if any) harder as, ultimately, each person’s definition could be different. A part of being intelligent is the ability for something/someone to be able to think for themselves which most computers aren’t able to do as they are simply programmed to perform certain functions which means that they are not in control of their response. However modern technologies have the propensity to make decisions based on an input from an end user. For example Apples ‘Siri’ service turns voice commands in visual and audio responses.

The old English proverb, Aesop for Children, tells the story of a father who charges his sons to break a bundle of sticks one by one. They easily do so. Then he charges them to break the united bundle of sticks. None come close. This is a proverb demonstrating the strength in unity and coordination. This is a proverb an American engineer and inventor largely upheld throughout the course of his life’s accomplishments. Douglas Engelbart, largely known as the inventor of the mouse, affected the history of computing technology in a much deeper manner. Rather a chronological account of Engelbart’s entire life, this research paper analyzes his greatest accomplishments in a chronological order that directly supported the increased coordination of user’s efforts. Douglas Engelbart transcended the limits of computing technology by aligning human minds with computing systems through his collaborative user interface scheme.

The rapid proliferation of computers has made both our social and business world more and more convenient. Although the first modern significant kind of computer was introduced the world in the 1940s, the major event which has changed the history of human- computer interaction was the advent of the graphical user interface at Xerox PARC in the 1970s. Along with a pointing device, typically a mouse, users are able to point to parts of the display. With the GUI which makes the interface to the computer primarily a visual medium, the virtual world inside the computer is portrayed graphically on the display. According to Shneiderman’s the future of interactive systems and the emergence of direct manipulation [1] in 1982, he describes the GUI paradigm as “direct manipulation”, which is a breakthrough.

In his paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” Alan Turing sets out to answer the question of whether machines can think in the same humans can by conceptualizing the question in concrete terms. In simple terms, Turing redefines the question by posing whether a machine can replicate the cognition of a human being. Yet, some may object to the notion that Turing’s new question effectively captures the nature of machines’ capacity for thought or consciousness, such as John Searle. In his Chinese room thought experiment, Searle outlines a scenario that implies machines’ apparent replication of human cognition does not yield conscious understanding. While Searle’s Chinese thought experiment demonstrates how a Turing test is not sufficient to establish that a machine can possess consciousness or thought, this argument does not prove that machines are absolutely incapable of consciousness or thought. Rather, given the ongoing uncertainty of the debate regarding the intelligence of machines, there can be no means to confirm or disconfirm the conscious experience of machines as well as the consciousness of humans by extension of that principle.

The first ever computer was invented in the 1820s by Charlse Babbage. However the first electronic digital computer were developed between 1940 and 1945 in the United States and in the United Kingdom. They were gigantic, originally the size of a large room, and also need to be supply a large amount of power source which is equivalent as several hundred modern personal computers. The history of computer hardware covers the developments from simple devices to aid calculation, to mechanical calculators, punched card data processing and on to modern stored program computers. The tools or mechanical tool used to help in calculation are called calculators while the machine operator that help in calculations is called computer. At first the

Mouse is also a device that can fit in everyone’s hand palm with comfortably. (Shelly et al. 2005) The idea of the called of “mouse” is derived from the shape of it, because mouse looks like the animal mouse, and the wire that connect with it also can be imagine as the tail of the mouse. Computer mouse can be rolled across a flat surface. Computer user can use the mouse to function the computer by pressing the button on the mouse to perform the required activities and tasks on the computer. Mouse is a good helper that helps people to do task on the computer with flexible and it was efficiency, this is because it is not easy to work without using a mouse when we are

A ball computer mouse is a small hand-operated input device used to manipulate objects on a computer screen. It controls the movement of the arrow shown on the computer screen. The computer mouse was invented in 1963 by Douglas Engelbart. It was meant to make navigation through the computer easier. The mouse mirrors the movement of the arrow on the computer screen. The computer mouse got its name from its looks. The early version of the computer mouse was a small semicircle shaped device with a cord that attached the device to the computer. This oval shape with the cord resembled the common mouse.

There are certain technology programs that are emerging in the software industry that have key uses. These current technologies are those that surround the human-computer interface. As a software engineer, I will use this paper to describe the term “Haptic Feedback,” its key uses and why it is needed. In addition, I will compare the various types of human memory mentioning their impact on the human-computer interface. I will also give a detailed description of the potential outcomes of not making use of consistency in the human computer interface, summarize and explain the steps of user-centric design process and the role of human motion in the human computer interface.

Considerations for input design are shown in Table 20-4 on page 751 HC (page 641 SC).

The idea of portable touchscreen devices have been many years in the making, In the 1966 television show “Star Trek Captain Kirk had the PADD (Personal Access Display Device) (Star Trek)” , “The 1968 movie 2001: Space Odyssey, there was a similar device called the Newspad” (Sande). A device by the same name was described in Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy aired on BBC radio in weekly segments, starting on March 8, 1978, and published in a novel in 1979 (Adams)

Since ages, user interfaces needed the presence of user who should physically manipulate the inputs from the input devices like keyboards. However, it is desired to detect and monitor the physical movements of users within an environment. Automated systems can take the user motions and gestures from