Saturday, July 21, 2007

Scientists make TV remote redundant with a wave of the hand

Barbara McMahon in Sydney
Friday July 20, 2007
Gaurdian Unlimited

A new device that allows viewers to operate the on/off switch or change channels by simple hand gestures may make the remote control lost down the back of the sofa a thing of the past.

Its inventors, two engineers from Wollongong University in Australia, say the new gadget incorporates a camera that recognises hand signals and translates them into electronic commands for the TV and other audiovisual equipment.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,2131226,00.html

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