PARADIGM SHIFT
Integrating Invisible Scribbling, Support, and Suspension Mechanisms to Mobile Computing Devices
Mobile computing devices have a serious usability problem; they lack integrated support and suspension mechanisms, putting them out of reach to the majority of sick, elderly, and disabled people. Integrated Technologies was established by Joseph Zaloom to develop technologies that make smartphones and tablet computers easily accessible to sick, elderly, and disabled people who are afflicted with shaky hands or are confined to a wheelchair or a bed -- and in the process developed new technologies that optimize the user experience of mobile computing devices for all users. New functionalities include:
- The ability to text with speed and accuracy on any smartphone with an inconspicuous stylus.
- The ability to scribble, annotate, sketch, and sign on any smartphone with an inconspicuous stylus.
- The ability to easily support mobile computing devices at multiple angles and orientations on any surface.
- The ability to easily suspend mobile computing devices at multiple angles and orientations from any surface.
- The ability to strongly support tablet computers at tilted angles to eliminate glare and facilitate sketching and handwriting.
- The ability to eliminate screen wobble from laptop computers.
- The ability to detach laptop computers' display panels and independently position them to multiple angles and orientations.
- The ability to provide fully foldable, robust, and inexpensive desktop stands.
- The ability to provide fully foldable, robust, and inexpensive floor stands.
- The ability to seamlessly transform All-In-One personal computing devices into mobile computing devices.
THE SMARTPHONE ACROBAT ™
The Smartphone Acrobat
transforms any smartphone into a
practical television and a
personal notepad
that empower users to
capture
and visualize their thoughts at a moment's notice, scribble notes, sketch, annotate, and sign with speed, accuracy, and precision -- anywhere, anytime
--
as well as
text with accuracy and speed,
video chat
over long periods of time
and
watch hours-long TV shows and movies without numbing their arms
by enabling them to add an inconspicuous stylus to their smartphones and to use it to position their devices to
multiple angles and orientations on any surface
-- without adding noticeable thickness, weight, and cost to the device -- and without sacrificing its original simplicity and style.
Why It Matters: This matters because adding a stylus to smartphones would empower users to capture fleeting thoughts and ideas -- anywhere, anytime -- with speed, accuracy, and precision; it would empower them to record thoughts and ideas in a meeting, at a conference, in church, on a bus, in a plane, and on a train -- places where typing on a cramped keyboard would be too slow and recording one's voice would be impractical; In fact, integrating a stylus into the protective cases of modern smartphones would transform these devices into indispensable thinking tools. Furthermore, adding support and suspension capabilities to smartphones would make video conferencing and watching movies and shows over long periods of time on these devices a practical reality for most users -- and would transform these devices into genuine socialization and entertainment tools for sick, elderly, and disabled people.
THE TABLET ACROBAT ™
The Tablet Acrobat
transforms tablet computers into a
7-In-1
personal computing device
that can be positioned to multiple angles and orientations
on any surface -- and
from any surface
-- to better suit the situational needs of the user. For example, a
tablet computer can be instantly transformed into a
laptop computer whose screen does not wobble at the touch and that can be quickly set to the portrait orientation when reading a book or a magazine;
a
desktop computer that is easily transportable; a
portable presenter that separates the keyboard from the screen and enables the laptop display to be viewed by a group of people; a
video portal that can be positioned to the portrait as well as to the landscape orientation to better frame the user; a
drafting board that can be raised to multiple angles and orientations to eliminate glare and to increase drafting comfort; and a
floating computer that can be suspended to multiple angles and orientations from any surface to accommodate the special needs of users who may be lying in bed, sitting on a sofa, or riding in a wheelchair
-- without adding noticeable thickness, weight, and cost to the device -- and without sacrificing the device's original simplicity and style.
Why It Matters: This matters because adding suspension capabilities to tablet computers would transform tablet computers into floating computers and make them easily accessible to bedridden, disabled, and elderly people who would not otherwise be able to maintain sustainable access to the Internet -- enabling them to remain connected and engaged to the outside world while being confined to their beds, sofas, and wheelchairs, and alleviating their feelings of boredom, loneliness, and depression; and adding load bearing support elements to tablet computers -- in the portrait and landscape orientations -- would make detachable-screen laptop computers a practical reality and transform tablet computers into a 7-in-1 fundamental mobile computing device.
THE DESKTOP ACROBAT ™
The Desktop Acrobat transforms All-In-One desktop computers into mobile computing devices that can be easily moved from one location to another and positioned to multiple angles and elevations with simplicity and elegance.
Why it Matters: Making desktop computers mobile provides users the following additional benefits:
- Portability: Desktop computer mobility makes it easier for users to work from different locations with efficiency and comfort
- Flexibility: With a desktop mobile computer, users can quickly transform their computers into large writing, drawing, and control pads, making them more functional and useful than conventional desktop computers.
- Better collaboration: By making desktop computers mobile, users can collaborate more easily with others by bringing their computers to a shared workspace or room.
- Better performance: Mobile desktop computers often come with better performance capabilities than traditional laptops or tablets, which can improve the user's overall computing experience.
- Space-Saving: Traditional desktop computers are typically larger and take up more space than mobile devices. By making desktop computers mobile, the user can save space and avoid having a dedicated workstation.
In addition, making desktop computers tiltable in the horizontal position transforms desktop computers into spacious electronic drafting boards, anywhere, anytime -- at a fraction of the cost of comparable stationary computers.
Overall, making desktop computers mobile would provide users greater convenience, flexibility, productivity, and comfort while saving space and enabling collaboration.