A Remote Multimedia Input Device

This project will elaborate a conceptand develop a prototype for a remote wireless multimedia computer input device which can be hand-held or strapped to the wrist. The device will incorporate traditional pointing device functionality as well as a neural network-based speech recognition facility capable of interpreting domain-specific vocabularies germane to command and control operations in space-bound research and development environments. The unit will be compact, light-weight, energy efficient, and will contain a cursor position encoding mechanism which can function in zero gravity without relying on friction (roller balls) or requiring users todeal with undesirable reaction forces.