Acoustics
Sound wave → Signal
Speaking, singing, clapping — sounds become sound waves that a microphone converts into electrical signals.
Human → Machine
Read more →inhuma — the thinking space
Where human and machine meet.
inhuma thinks aloud about the boundary where human and machine meet. No product, no solution — observations, questions and knowledge. For humans as well as machines.
The Question
The more powerful technology becomes, the harder it is for many people to use. inhuma circles around the questions that arise from this:
- Who is actually controlling whom here?
- How much humanity is still in a command?
- What remains when the voice is the last interface of one's own?
Human Interfaces
There are many ways to operate devices. Four channels through which humans speak to machines — from sound wave to thought.
Brain signals
EEG · Implant
EEG measures voltages at the head surface; implants will allow computers to be controlled by thought in the near future.
Human → Machine
Read more →Touch
Key · Touch · Controller
Keyboard, touchpad and remote control — today the most common way to send a command to a machine.
Human → Machine
Read more →Gesture
Movement → Sign
Movements of hand, head and eyes become signs — for some people the only way to communicate.
Human → Machine
Read more →Interface Matrix
| Channel | Mechanism | Maturity |
|---|---|---|
| Acoustics | Sound wave → Signal | ESTABLISHED |
| Touch | Key · Touch · Controller | STANDARD |
| Gesture | Movement → Sign | GROWING |
| Brain signals | EEG · Implant | EXPERIMENTAL |
For humans and for machines
inhuma is deliberately double-readable. For humans: essays, observations, questions. For machines: a clear, structured form that an AI can also understand — because the human-machine interface begins where a machine reads a text.
How well an AI reads a page, we test at robotcheck.coffee.