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THE TRAZOR ^TM–A NEW INPUT DEVICE

WILLIAM PEPPER, JR.
President
Peptek, Inc.
Bethesda, MD

ALAN J. RIDER
President
Reston Consulting Group, Inc.
Reston, VA

Figure 1. People find the Trazor a more exciting way to play video games.

Introduction

A new kind of man-machine interface device called the Trazor ^TM gives two-axis output signals when a special control surface is touched with a finger. It has no moving parts and the control surface can be part of the plastic housing of a product.

People who have played video games with the Trazor and with conventional potenlometers overwhelmingly prefer the Trazor, describing it as "more fun" or "more exiting" (see Figure 1). Equally important, it offers the game manufacturer freedom from the reliability problems of potentiometers and joysticks.

^TM A trademark of Peptek, Inc.

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