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.

Comments

Dismissing pop-ups

[wowbagger]

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.

Haiku

[575]

The blue screen of death,
My middle finger extends:
Control-Alt-Delete

Unlimited commercial potential

[Greyfox]

A commercial company could come up with a plug in which takes your gesture data and analyzes it for certain well defined movements. Think about it:

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.