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Enable Four-Finger Gestures on Original MacBook Air with Dangerous Scary Hack

Macrumors forum member michaelb, in a fit of jealousy over his ladyfriend’s new unibody MacBook, decided to try to trick his last-gen MacBook Air into recognizing four-finger gestures. He installed the updated 10.5.5 system from the new MacBook onto his Air, and then through some tricky manipulation of the kernel extension, managed to get the…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Nov 15

Mgestyk Gesture Control Works With Wiimote, Turns You Into Real Jedi

If the possibility of controlling all your PC applications Minority Report-style wasn’t enough to get you excited about Mgestyk Technologies’ gesture control system, the company’s now showing off its ability to work with other input devices. The disembodied hands of Mgestyk employees go all Jedi on us this time around, using a Nintendo Wiimote as…

Tech News Elaine Chow Nov 14

DIY Hand Gesture Multi-Touch Using a Webcam… and Magic

Andy Wilson, from Microsoft Research, has created a pretty impressive new way to interact with your computer, using very basic equipment and some very smart software coding. He’s managed to use a standard webcam (“like $30,” he says) and custom software to get the cam to recognize the shapes and movement of only his hands.…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Nov 8

Mgestyk Gesture Control System Will Make Your Mouse and Keyboard Obselete

We’ve seen gesture controls in gadgets before, but Mgestyk Technologies wants to bring them to your home PC. Using only a 3D camera and proprietary software, the Mgestyk gesture control system is able to capture small hand movements and translate them into commands. These commands can be applied to almost any windows application, including video…

Tech News Seung Lee Nov 6

EOps i24R3 Wireless Gesture-Control iPhone Speaker is Quite Beautiful, Actually

Just unveiled at Tokyo Designer’s Week, EOps i24R3 is probably the best-looking speaker system for the iPod/iPhone I think I’ve seen. Plus it’s jammed-full of wirelessness, so the iPod-dock, woofer-equipped base station is paired with two or more (up to eight) remote stereo speakers. And in the true spirit of iPhoneness it’s gesture controlled— touch-free…

Tech News Kit Eaton Nov 6

Toshiba G55 Qosmio Has Gesture Control

The Toshiba G55 Qosmio, great great grandson of those first Media Center lappies that Toshiba put out, can use its webcam to process gestures and remote control your music, movies and powerpoint. One of the first. Laptop Mag says it works pretty well, if not overly sensitive at times. They say it’s thanks to a…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 13

Xbox 360 Wiimote Might Be Made By Motus, Not Gyration

Leigh over at Kotaku did some digging around about the rumored Xbox 360 Wiimote, questioning all the parties involved (Microsoft, Rare, Gyration) and discovered some interesting facts. The most important one is that Gyration isn’t working on it, but Motus probably is—they already have a precursor to it called the “Darwin”. https://gizmodo.com/more-xbox-360-wiimote-details-code-name-newton-377855 Motus says their…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 23

Orange Shows Off Gesture Based Interaction Screen, Touch Screens Look On in Horror

Orange has unveiled a gesture based interaction screen that has been produced by a UK agency on their behalf. The agency, known as The Alternative, said it was the first time such a display had been on show to the general public. The purpose of the technology is mainly as an advertising opportunity for Orange,…

Tech News Haroon Malik Jan 19

Hand Gesture Watch Needs No Buttons

In a case of divine irony, the smaller and more desirable our gadgets become, the harder they would be to use. That’s why researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a watch that can be controlled by gesturing, eliminating tiny controls not meant for our mortal caveman hands. Measuring movement through five infrared…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jul 18

Hand Gesture Universal Remote

Australian scientists have developed a remote that sits by your TV and tracks hand gestures to operate your television, DVD player and up to 6 other devices (basically, as many as you can shake a fist at…heh). A recent prototype is said to work in all lighting situations (a huge accomplishment as anyone who has…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jul 15

Multi Touch Gesture Interface

Here’s an example of how you will interact with the iPhone, on a bigger scale.– Ben Longo

Tech News Ben Longo Jan 9

The Loop: Motion-Controlled Point & Click For Your TV

It looks like the bandwagon has officially commenced for the Nintendo Wii. Case in point, the Loop. A new ring-shaped remote control concept that’ll be coming out sometime in 2007. The Loop lets you use hand gestures and a scroll wheel to navigate through channels. So pointing and clicking on the movies tab will give…

Gadgets Blongo3 Nov 9

Enable Four-Finger Gestures on Original MacBook Air with Dangerous Scary Hack

Mgestyk Gesture Control Works With Wiimote, Turns You Into Real Jedi

DIY Hand Gesture Multi-Touch Using a Webcam… and Magic

Mgestyk Gesture Control System Will Make Your Mouse and Keyboard Obselete

EOps i24R3 Wireless Gesture-Control iPhone Speaker is Quite Beautiful, Actually

Toshiba G55 Qosmio Has Gesture Control

Xbox 360 Wiimote Might Be Made By Motus, Not Gyration

Orange Shows Off Gesture Based Interaction Screen, Touch Screens Look On in Horror

Hand Gesture Watch Needs No Buttons

Hand Gesture Universal Remote

Multi Touch Gesture Interface

The Loop: Motion-Controlled Point & Click For Your TV

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