Monday 29 April 2013

Smart Environments At The Wave Of A Hand: Potential Applications In The Home, Office, Hospitals, Nursing Homes And Schools

Researchers previously have shown that a depth camera system, such as Kinect, can be combined with a projector to turn almost any surface into a touchscreen. But now researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated how these touch-based interfaces can be created almost at will, with the wave of a hand. CMU's WorldKit system enables someone to rub the arm of a sofa to "paint" a remote control for her TV or swipe a hand across an office door to post his calendar from which subsequent users can "pull down" an extended version... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..

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