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Millimeter Wave RADAR Tracks Gestures

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If we believe science fiction — from Minority Report to Iron Man, to TekWar — the future of computer interfaces belongs to gestures. There are many ways to read gestures, although often they require some sort of glove or IR emitter, which makes them less handy (no pun intended).

Some, like the Leap Motion, have not proved popular for a variety of reasons. Soli (From Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group) is a gesture sensor that uses millimeter-wave RADAR. The device emits a broad radio beam and then collects information including return time, energy, and frequency shift to gain …read more

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This Gesture-Controlled Giant Mech Robot Looks Too Good to Be Real

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The robot video was posted by Vitaly Bulgarov, a 3D modeler and concept artist. But damn, does it look cool. Continue reading This Gesture-Controlled Giant Mech Robot Looks Too Good to Be Real→

Controlling This Smartwatch is All in the Wrist

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Smartwatches are pretty great. In theory, you’ll never miss a notification or a phone call. Plus, they can do all kinds of bio-metric tracking since they’re strapped to one of your body’s pulse points. But there are downsides. One of the major ones is that you end up needing two hands to do things that are easily one-handed on a phone. Now, you could use the tip of your nose like I do in the winter when I have mittens on, but that’s not good for your eyes. It seems that the future of smartwatch input is not in available …read more

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