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Data Glove That Turns Gestures Into Commands
ravidew writes: "Three students at Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, University of California, have built a motion-sensing glove that can transmit hand gestures to a PC. Within 3 years they hope to build sensors that are no bigger than 1mm and can be glued to each fingernail. Now you can really tell Windows what you think ..." While you're at the Sensor and Actuator Center, check out Kris Pister's smart dust.
where the point was made that you might not want your pc to know where you hands are at all time... Dave, about last night...
Shift happens. Fire it up.
Am I the only one who remembers where this will go? Check Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and remember -- in the future, you'll have to sit reeeeeaaaaally still to keep your PC from reformatting itself.
They that would sacrifice their
Of course, the gesture command for dismissing annoying pop-up ads should be obvious, depending upon whether you are using LOCALE=en_US or LOCALE=en_UK.
www.eFax.com are spammers
The blue screen of death,
My middle finger extends:
Control-Alt-Delete
If:
The crotch-scratching motion is detected on a regular basis, you might get more pop-up ads for Gold Bond Medicated Powder.
Likewise, another common motion among those who sit all day might put some Preparation H commercials in your future.
Your typical 13-year-old might get more porn adverts, 'tis true...
The common nose-picking gestures might queue some Kleenex adverts up for your viewing.
Yes indeed, we should all sign up for this technology as there is no doubt that it will improve our lives beyond measure.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
That reminds me of the one about voice recognition. A sales rep is in the middle of doing a presentation for such a system when somebody in the audience stands up and shouts "FORMAT SEE COLON" and then another guy stands up and yells "YES RETURN".
And yes, the moderators are humor impaired.
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
Just assign different "hand positions" to all the meta-keys the editor uses. i.e.:
palms-down = normal
palms-45-degrees = ctrl
palms-sideways = alt
palms-up (yikes) = meta (or whatever)
etc.
and "type" normally.
And for vi, just turn your wrists sideways a bit to enter "edit mode."
Never mind, this is a stupid idea.
"Reactionaries must be deprived of the right to voice their opinions; only the people have that right." - Mao