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Teenager Builds $300 Open Source Eye-Tracking System

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-it-yourself dept.

fergus07 writes "Developed by a 17-year-old electronics and programming whiz from Honduras, the Eyeboard system is a low-tech eyeball-tracking device that allows users with motor disabilities to enter text into a computer using eye gestures instead of a physical interface. This kind of system is not unique — there's plenty of eye tracking interfaces out there — but Luis Cruz has figured out a way to build the full system into a set of glasses for less than US$300, putting easier communication within reach of users in developing countries. He's also releasing the software as open source to speed up development."

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  1. Not going to happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    HAHAHAHA.. what "hondurAss"? i heard only illiterate people and terrorists live there...

    now they want to force eyetracking on me? like in a communist country where i have no privacy?

    we should bomb these ignorant assholes to freedom... and stop this terrorist scheme right in its tracks...