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Your Home’s Wi-Fi Network Could One Day Replace Your Kinect
Gesture-recognition systems, like the Kinect or the upcoming Leap Motion, rely on special hardware and require you to be in a specific place to detect your motions. A limitation that researchers at the University of Washington have all but eliminated by instead using the Wi-Fi network in your home to recognise gestures.
Watch Leap Motion Turn A Windows 8 Rig Into A Futuristic Dream Machine
We’ve already seen what the Leap Motion can do in apps that support it, but it stands to make your everyday OS-level boredom into a futuristic gesture-controlled wonderland too. This new video shows exactly what kind of applications you can look forward to on your Windows 8 machine, at it seems at least as cool as touch.
This Secret Google Maps Gesture Is Totally Brilliant
So this is great. Google might have the smartest new gesture we’ve seen in a while: a smart, simple way to zoom in and out with one hand. Just double tap the screen with your thumb — anywhere on the screen is fine — and on the second tap, hold your finger down. Now slide your finger up and down. Zooming!
Galaxy S IV Video Leaks Show Off Smart Pause, Gesture Recognition
A series of leaked videos purport to show off some of the Samsung Galaxy S IV’s new control methods, including a smart pause system and touch-free control.
Could This Gesture Control Be Even Better Than Leap Motion?
Gesture control might just be one of the most exciting battlegrounds in tech right now. First there was Kinect, then the awesome Leap Motion — and now German company PMD Technologies claims to be able to beat them both.



























