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Control your gadgets with a few gestures
Australian scientists have reportedly come up with a box that lets viewers switch on television or change channels with the wave of a hand.
| As a host of gadgets are vying for every inch in our households, remote control units have become so numerous and lie scattered about that one wishes we had a universal remote to control everything. That single unit could be our own hands if the device developed by Australian scientists Prashan Premaratne and Quang Nguyen hits the market. The device contains built-in camera. Its software recognizes simple, deliberate hand gestures and then sends the appropriate signal to a universal remote control, designed to work with most makes of television, video recorder, DVD player, hi-fi and digital set-top box. In tests, published in the Institution of Engineering and Technology's Computer Vision Research Journal, a prototype worked in all kinds of lighting, and at a range of distances. Crucially for anyone with small children, pets or gesticulating family members, the software can distinguish between real commands and unintentional gestures. |
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The team has started work on making the gadget small enough to be built in to televisions or other devices. They also want to adapt it for use with computer games consoles.
[ Via Engadget ] [ Via International Reporter ]
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- Posted by: k_mz79_2543 at 06 Nov 21:32 permalinkCan we define our own gestures instead of using the default ones provided by this box?
