Gesture Recognition
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ScienceAlthough there are already systems that allow us to control devices via hand gestures, they rely on sensors such as cameras, accelerometers and gyroscopes. A new technology goes about gesture control in a different way – it's integrated into a watch strap, and it's been used to control a drone.
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There have been numerous attempts to develop an alternative to the keyboard and mouse human-to-computer interface. Apotact Labs recently joined the fray with a four-finger glove-like design called Gest that allows you to control your computer and your mobile devices with your hands.
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MotionSavvy has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for its Uni technology. The solution is a combo that helps deaf and hard of hearing people to communicate with non-deaf people who don't understand sign language in real time.
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Imagine if your smartphone was ringing away in your bag or pocket, and you were able to silence it simply by waving your hand in the air – without even taking the phone out. Well, that could soon be a reality, thanks to new gesture-recognition technology known as SideSwipe.
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Inspecting products on the assembly line can itself be expensive, time consuming, and not as accurate as it should be. To speed things up a bit, BMW has developed a new system for inspecting bumpers that uses gestures to allow inspectors to literally point out defects.
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Researchers are working on a possible alternative to typed passcodes. They've discovered that passwords consisting of hand gestures used to draw free-form lines on a smartphone or tablet screen are much more difficult for "shoulder surfers" to copy after seeing.
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Gesture recognition devices may indeed offer more functionality than is possible using just a keyboard, but in order to use them, users have to lift their hands away from that keyboard. A Microsoft team decided to address that problem, and created a keyboard that recognizes hand gestures.
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California-based Logbar aims to take finger wagging to the next level with Ring, which pairs with devices via Bluetooth to allow control of mobile devices and home appliances, make electronic payments and even type text in mid air with a wave of a finger.
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The new AllSee gesture recognition system developed at the University of Washington (UW) uses ambient electromagnetic signals not only as a power source, but also to detect user gestures when the phone is tucked away out of sight.
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Sydney-based Portuguese design duo Catarina Araujo and Sofia Santos, have devised a low-cost, practical necklace that uses Leap Motion to interpret sign language into written words. They have been selected for the second phase of the TEDx Youth competition.
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Creative takes on the might of Microsoft's Kinect with the Senz3D at this year's IFA. Gizmag was on the scene to give it a brief whirl, and came away impressed with its control.
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Aireal is a new haptic technology from Disney Research which fires small rings of air that allow people to feel virtual objects without actually touching anything.
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