Input, Output, or Storage?
History of Peripherals
AI and Modern Tech
Wired vs Wireless
Peripherals at Work
100

This common peripheral sends commands and text into the computer.

What is a keyboard?

100

This 1868 invention helped inspire the modern computer keyboard.

What is the typewriter?

100

This AI feature predicts future words or even sentences as you type.

What is predictive text?

100

This wireless technology reduced the need for specialized wireless receivers and ports for peripherals.

What is Bluetooth?

100

This professional would commonly use a drawing tablet and a high-resolution monitor.

Who is a graphic designer?

200

Unlike an input peripheral, this type of peripheral receives processed information from the computer.

What is an output peripheral?

200

Christopher Latham Sholes patented this device in 1868.

What is the typewriter?

200

Unlike predictive text, this feature primarily detects and fixes misspelled words.

What is autocorrect?

200

Introduced in 2010, this technology was designed to dramatically reduce the amount of energy wireless devices consume.

What is BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy)?

200

This professional benefits from a large monitor, headphones, and an external SSD to manage large video files.

Who is a video editor?

300

A microphone, mouse, scanner, and keyboard all belong to this category.

What are input peripherals?

300

This machine combined typewriter technology with the telegraph and helped influence early computer keyboards.

What is the teletype machine?

300

Modern keyboards and mice can use companion software that learns your workflows and suggests these shortcuts for frequently performed actions.

What are macros/macro suggestions?

300

Smartwatches and fitness trackers commonly use BLE to synchronize information such as heart rate, sleep, and this type of location information.

What is GPS data?

300

 Name three peripherals a streamer might use.

What are a microphone, webcam, headphones, gaming keyboard, gaming mouse, second monitor, or Stream Deck?

400

A hard drive, SSD, USB flash drive, and memory card belong to this category because they store or transfer data.

What are storage peripherals?

400

During the famous "Mother of All Demos," Douglas Engelbart demonstrated this now-essential computer peripheral.

What is the computer mouse?

400

Logitech's AI Prompt Builder can be accessed through certain hardware, allowing users to quickly interact with this AI service.

What is ChatGPT?

400

Mining the metals and other raw materials used in computer peripherals can cause habitat destruction and contribute to this environmental problem.

What are carbon emissions?

400

DJs commonly connect this type of controller to their computer to manipulate and mix music.

What is a DJ controller?

500

Name two output peripherals from this list: microphone, monitor, printer, scanner, speaker, projector.

What are monitor, printer, speaker, or projector?

500

This Microsoft technology, introduced in 1999, helped eliminate the need for the traditional mouse ball by using optical tracking.

What is IntelliEye/optical mouse tracking?

500

The goal of putting AI into peripherals isn't just convenience. Name two of the three major areas it can improve: productivity, accessibility, and ______.

What is ergonomic comfort?

500

This accessibility peripheral allows a person to control a computer using their breath rather than conventional hand controls.

What is a sip-and-puff controller?

500

Engineers can use this technology to reproduce real-world controls and environments digitally.

What are computer simulators?

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