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New gesture-based system from MIT
Researchers at MIT have developed a new gesture-based system that combines a standard webcam, colored lycra gloves, and a software that includes a dataset of pictures. This simple and cheap system allows to translate hands gestures into a computer-generated 3d-model of the han... Read more ...
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Skinput Turns Your Body Into a Touchscreen
Via New Scientist via Stefano Besana Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft’s Redmond research lab have developed a working prototype of a system called Skinput that effectively turns your body surface into both screen and input device. Skinput makes use of a microchip-s... Read more ...
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Curious displays
Curious Displays from Julia Tsao on Vimeo . Read more ...
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BiDi Screen, 3D gesture interaction in thin...
Via Chris Jablonski 's blog Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a working prototype of a bidirectional LCD (captures and displays images) that allows a viewer to control on-screen objects without the need for any peripheral controllers or even touching the sc... Read more ...
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Reactable
From the Reactable website: The Reactable is a revolutionary new electronic musical instrument designed to create and perform the music of today and tomorrow. It combines state of the art technologies with a simple and intuitive design, which enables musicians to experiment with sound, c... Read more ...
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Project NATAL: The gaming revolution has arrived
I am probably not the first to post about Microsoft's NATAL project, but who cares? The fact is, I literally lack the words to express how deep I am impressed by this new gaming technology. I have no idea if/when this product will come to the shops, but it's hard to believe t... Read more ...
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Violet Mirror
The company Violet (best known for the Nabaztag ) has invented the " Violet Mirror ", a RFID chip reader that can be connected to the PC. The RFID can be attached to any object and scripted to trigger applications and multimedia content automatically or communicate over the Internet. This is... Read more ...
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Human area network (HAN) technology
Via Pink Tentacle A new product by NTT, called “Firmo,” allows users to communicate with electronic devices by touching them. A card-sized transmitter carried in the user’s pocket transmits data across the surface of the human body. When the user touches a device, the electric... Read more ...
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Nerve-tapping neckband used in 'telepathic' chat
From NewScientist A neckband that translates thought into speech by picking up nerve signals has been used to demonstrate a "voiceless" phone call for the first time. With careful training a person can send nerve signals to their vocal cords without making a sound. These signals are ... Read more ...
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Cyber Goggles: High-tech memory aid
From Pink Tentacle Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a smart video goggle system that should records everything the wearer looks at, recognizes and assigns names to objects that appear in the video, and creates an easily searchable database of the recorded ... Read more ...