The WIMP human-computer interface may have an uninspiring name, but W indows, I cons, M enus and P ointing devices have dominated computing for some 15 years. The keyboard, mouse and display screen ...

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These devices point the way toward an upcoming era of more natural and intuitive interaction between human and machine. Robert Jacob, a computer science professor at Tufts University in Medford, Mass.