Microsoft shows cheaper version of Kinect gesture-control system

Source: GMANews.tv

With gestures gaining popularity as a means of interacting with computers, Microsoft has designed a sound-based version of its popular Kinect motion-sensing platform. Microsoft’s researchers said the system dubbed “SoundWave” is cheaper, as it does away ...
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Next Up in Kinect-Style Motion Sensing: Ultrasound?

Source: Popular Mechanics

Gesture-based controls have become so widespread they seem almost mundane. We casually flip through photos on our smartphones and have no problem swinging our arms back and forth in front of an Xbox Kinect. However, both touchscreen ...
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Can Apple pull a Dyson with televisions?

Source: Canadian Business Online

Ever since the publication of Steve Jobs’ biography last fall, the rumour mill over whether Apple is going to launch its own flat-panel television has been in high gear. At this point, with Jobs claiming he had f ...
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David Holz's Leap Motion Wants to Kill the Mouse

Source: BusinessWeek

Growing up in southern Florida, David Holz was a tinkerer. “I had a large pile of all sorts of electronics,” he says. “I was trying to figure out how things worked.” In high school, he built a system that uses several microphones to ...
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Robots will quickly recognize and respond to human gestures, with new algorithms

Source: Science Daily

ScienceDaily (May 24, 2012) New intelligent algorithms could help robots to quickly recognize and respond to human gestures. Researchers at A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research in Singapore have created a computer program which recognizes h ...
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New Sensing Solutions to Be Introduced at Sensors Expo & Conference

Source: Freshnews.com

NEWTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/24/12 -- More than 150 exhibitors will showcase the newest technologies for sensors and sensors-related industries at the 2012 Sensors Expo ...
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Robotics: Gesturing for control

Source: PhysOrg.com

New intelligent algorithms could help robots to quickly recognize and respond to human gestures. Researchers at A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research in Singapore have created a computer program which recognises human gestures quickly a ...
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Hillcrest Labs Selected by TCL to Bring Motion, Gesture and Cursor Control to Android™-Powered Smart TVs - Press Releases

Source: Australia Business Review

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hillcrest Labs today announced that TCL Multimedia ("TCL"), one of China's leading TV and consumer electronics brands, is using Hillcrest's patented Freespace® motion software for TCL's Android™-based Smart ...
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Tech Universe Wednesday 23 May

Source: Albequerque Express

POINT AND CLICK: Gesture control is the in thing. Leap Motion's new 3D motion control system can distinguish your individual fingers and track your movements down to a 1/100th of a millimeter. The Leap device plugs into a USB port, while software on ...
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