Talking to yourself and hearing voices were always considered signs of madness, so what does talking to your device and hearing it talk back to you say about you?

Well it appears it says that you’re bang on trend and maybe you’ve got a thing for Apple’s Siri.

Glynn Greensmith of ABC’s It’s Just Not Cricket wanted to explore all things input, to see what we could get our technology to do for us, without using a keyboard or a mouse and in our chat we set out to see what is possible.

Biometrics were our first port of call, facing recognition, ear recognition, breath, eyes, iris, voice, fingerprints, gait (the way you walk), hand geometry, body odour, signature, typing recognition, vein recognition are just some of the suspects being used and being explored.

The uses of this technology are infinite and range from the opening of applications and programs, to caring for the elderly and infirmed, to driving our covers safely, to health care, to military.

It leads on to the next few tech horizons of big data, internet of things and robots all requiring input devices, all asking us to confirm our identity and all adding to the human-digital chats of tomorrow and beyond.

Have a listen now and without using your keyboard or mouse add your thoughts to the debate.