Come come gather round we have more interesting a quirky stuff. In the spirit of a new month let’s talk about some fun tech going round the web today.
The Japanese sure has some really quirky ideas, normally in April. Hmm, perhaps because in Japan April is when the school year and financial year starts. New year, new start? Curious.
This time last year Google Japan introduced the Panda, this year they released a new way of input – with bubble wrap. Called Google Japanese Input Puchi Puchi Version, it’s the onomatopoeia for when bubble wrap, the input tool, is popped. According to their product page, Google isn’t really mass producing them, it has open-sourced real firmware and component designs for the Puchi Puchi reader.
The bubble sheet must be five bubbles width, with the default reading romaji but the bubble reader can be coded for other input layouts including Braille, QWERTY and others. There is also a portable reader that helps you read the message on-the-go. The reader “reads” through the different air pressure in the bubbles.
All sheets must have a width of five units with corresponding bubble spec, but can be coded to format multiple input layouts such as . The default is GODAN romaji. The mechanism, available in stationery as well as a mobile “Handy Type” tool, reads the air pressure in each bubble to determine input.
Talk about a great way to de-stress! I mean you are literally de-stressing while typing – whether a message of your word document. I call this innovation!
Oh, by the way, if you’re really bored, and want something to do – the Github repository is here. Yes, there’s a Github repository.
(Yes we know it’s an April Fool’s prank. The Mamak Table will be back tomorrow for a full roundup of the pranks we found today. Don’t tell that to the people who didn’t read the full article though! Let them be confused! I’m evil I know. But in all honesty I’m still a bit disappointed the Panda wasn’t real.)
