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There is something about wooden crafts that when combined with electronics, have a mesmerizing effect on the visual senses. The Gesture Controlled DNA Wooden Desk Lamp by [Timber Rough] is …read more Continue reading DIY Electronics Plus Woodworking Equal Custom Lamp
[AlexMiller11] shared a project for a DIY gesture-sensing remote control that acts like a Bluetooth keyboard, capable of controlling media and presentations on a computer with a high degree of …read more Continue reading Compact, Gesture-Based Remote Control over Bluetooth
If you felt in your heart that Hackaday was a place that would forever be free from projects that require extensive choreography to pull off, we’re sorry to disappoint you. …read more Continue reading Modern Dance or Full-Body Keyboard? Why Not Both!
We’ve all seen those ‘nothing’ keyboards, where the keys themselves are not much more than projected lasers, and users are asked to ritually beat their poor fingertips into the table …read more Continue reading Spray-On Keyboard is as Light as It Gets
For those that haven’t experienced it, the early days of parenthood are challenging, to say the least. Trying to get anything accomplished with a raging case of sleep deprivation is …read more Continue reading Twitch and Blink Your Way Through Typing with This Facial Keyboard
Gesture controls arrived in the public consciousness a little over a decade ago as touchpads and touchscreens became more popular. The main limitation to gesture controls, a least as far …read more Continue reading OpenCV Brings Pinch to Zoom Into the Real World
Gesture control is a technology that has floated around for quite a while, but never quite reached mainstream acceptance. Wii Bowling was fun for a while, but we’re not regularly using gestures to open doors or order pizza just yet. Doing it yourself can be quite easy, however, as [RC …read more
Artificial intelligence is taking the world by storm. Rather than a Terminator-style apocalypse, though, it seems to be more of a useful tool for getting computers to solve problems on their own. This isn’t just for supercomputers, either. You can load AI onto some of the smallest microcontrollers as well. …read more
Smartphones and other modern computing devices are wonderful things, but for those of with disabilities interacting with them isn’t always easy. In trying to improve accessibility, [Dougie Mann] created TypeCase, a combination gestural input device and chording keyboard that exists in a kind of symbiotic relationship with a user’s smartphone. …read more
Continue reading Smartphone Case Doubles As Chording Keyboard, With Gesture Inputs
A question: if you’re controlling the classic video game Street Fighter with gestures, aren’t you just, you know, street fighting?
That’s a question [Charlie Gerard] is going to have to tackle should her AI gesture-recognition controller experiments take off. [Charlie] put together the game controller to learn more about the …read more
Continue reading Arduino, Accelerometer, and TensorFlow Make You a Real-World Street Fighter