http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Aircraft-carrier crew use a set of standard hand gestures to guide planes on the carrier deck. But as robot planes are increasingly used for routine air missions, researchers at MIT are working on a system that would enable them to follow the same types of gestures. http://phys.org/news251012057.html Technology Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:34:35 EST news251012057 Microsoft on Wednesday let consumers start trying out its upcoming touch-based Windows 8 operating system, which aims to power a new wave of computer tablets and traditional PCs designed to counter Apple's big gains in the market through its Macs and iPads. http://phys.org/news249737193.html Technology Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:26:45 EST news249737193 Dogs are better than chimps at interpreting pointing gestures, according to a study published in the online journal PLoS ONE. http://phys.org/news247944686.html Biology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:31:35 EST news247944686 (AP) -- Don't trash your keyboard and mouse just yet. But three companies at the International Consumer Electronics Show demonstrated depth-sensing cameras that let you to control your computer by moving your hands or body. http://phys.org/news245693257.html Technology Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:08:04 EST news245693257 US chip giant Intel on Monday heralded a coming wave of affordable high-powered, thin laptops that could double as tablet computers and be controlled by gestures or spoken commands. http://phys.org/news245350742.html Electronics Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:59:10 EST news245350742 In everyday life humans use speech, gestures, facial expressions, touch to communicate. And, over long distances we resort to text messages and other such modern technology. Notably, when we interact with computers we rely exclusively on text and touch in the form of the keyboard/mouse and touch screens. http://phys.org/news243069755.html Technology Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:00:01 EST news243069755 Pointing and holding up objects in order to attract attention has so far only been observed in humans and our closest living relatives, the great apes. Simone Pika from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and Thomas Bugnyar from the University of Vienna, however, now provide the first evidence that ravens (Corvus corax) also use so called deictic gestures in order to test the interest of a potential partner or to strengthen an already existing bond. http://phys.org/news241794402.html Biology Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:07:05 EST news241794402 Researchers at the University of Gothenburg show that interactive technology generates new ways of seeing, showing and creating. The new technology boosts creativity. http://phys.org/news236951862.html Other Sciences Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:58:19 EST news236951862 (AP) -- The Force will be with the Xbox 360. http://phys.org/news230482677.html Technology Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:58:11 EST news230482677 (PhysOrg.com) -- Going to the dentist is something that we all have to do. Going to a novice dentist, and his or her drill, is something that most of us would rather avoid but they have to practice somewhere. Luckily for us researchers at Showa, a Japanese university, have been working on a solution to this thorny issue. They have created a robot, the Showa Hanako 2 that is able to not only mimic the kind of movement and gestures that a dentist may experience in the real world. http://phys.org/news228660427.html Electronics Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:47:26 EST news228660427 (PhysOrg.com) -- You may remember that just a few days ago, the folks over at Google decided to play a little prank on the world. For April Fools Day they created a spoof video about a supposed new feature, Gmail Motion. If you didn't get to see the prank first hand, you can take a look at Physorg's coverage of the joke. http://phys.org/news221228079.html Technology Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:00:02 EST news221228079 Google joined in the April Fool's pranks on Friday with the release of a new product called "Gmail Motion" that supposedly lets users send and receive emails using only gestures. http://phys.org/news220881954.html Technology Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:06:11 EST news220881954 Computers may soon understand people better than their spouses do, courtesy of innovations from startup Affectiva that expand on groundbreaking sensing research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://phys.org/news220853411.html Technology Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:10:25 EST news220853411 NEC Corporation announced today the development of technologies that enable users to control consumer electronics with the tap of an arm. http://phys.org/news218781569.html Technology Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:39:42 EST news218781569 Lijun Yin wants computers to understand inputs from humans that go beyond the traditional keyboard and mouse. http://phys.org/news218468745.html Technology Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:46:06 EST news218468745 Using a sophisticated imaging test to probe for higher-level cognitive functioning in severely brain-injured patients provides a window into consciousness -- but the view it presents is one that is blurred in fascinating ways, say researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in the Feb. 25 online edition of the journal Brain. http://phys.org/news217828790.html Medicine & Health Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:10:01 EST news217828790 (PhysOrg.com) -- Language may play an important role in learning the meanings of numbers, scholars at the University of Chicago report. http://phys.org/news216314743.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:26:03 EST news216314743 Surgeons of the future might use a system that recognizes hand gestures as commands to control a robotic scrub nurse or tell a computer to display medical images of the patient during an operation. http://phys.org/news215966547.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:00:03 EST news215966547 Talking with your hands can trigger mental images that help solve complex problems relating to spatial visualization, an important skill for both students and professionals, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. http://phys.org/news215786593.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:20:18 EST news215786593 Researchers want to make shopping trips a special experience in future by enabling passers-by to operate window displays with hand and facial gestures. Four cameras record the 3-D positions of people’s hands, face and eyes and transform them into commands for selecting and purchase goods – even after the shop has closed. http://phys.org/news213457751.html Technology Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:49:26 EST news213457751 Sometimes it's almost impossible to talk without using your hands. These gestures seem to be important to how we think. They provide a visual clue to our thoughts and, a new theory suggests, may even change our thoughts by grounding them in action. http://phys.org/news213450709.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:52:16 EST news213450709 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is creating a new online games hub and making it more social by linking it to players' Facebook and Windows Live accounts. http://phys.org/news209153912.html Technology Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:30:02 EST news209153912 (PhysOrg.com) -- Every musical sound comes from a specific way that an instrument is played. With modern technology such as sensors, signal processing, and sometimes machine learning algorithms, researchers can determine the precise musical gesture used to produce a particular sound on an instrument. The ability to recreate musical gestures from sounds can be used for interactive human-computer music performances, music transcription, and other innovative applications. http://phys.org/news208520084.html Technology Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:15:33 EST news208520084 (PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have a deep-seated urge to be social, and new research on the interactions of twins in the womb suggests this begins even before babies are born. http://phys.org/news206164323.html Medicine & Health Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:40:02 EST news206164323 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have developed software that can track a Lycra fabric glove with a special color pattern. Using only a cheap web camera equipped with a wide angle lens, the software can track hand gestures. http://phys.org/news203687876.html Technology Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:58:22 EST news203687876 Japanese researchers Sunday unveiled a robot that can mimic speech and gestures sent to it by video-phone, replicating a distant caller's presence. http://phys.org/news199888488.html Electronics Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:20:01 EST news199888488 At dusk, a car stops at a checkpoint in Afghanistan. It is a tense moment for all. Because an interpreter is not available, U.S. Marines use hand gestures to ask the driver to step out of the car and open the trunk and hood for inspection. There's a lot of room for error. http://phys.org/news199719879.html Technology Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:45:00 EST news199719879 "In laboratory tests, right- and left-handers associate positive ideas like honesty and intelligence with their dominant side of space and negative ideas with their non-dominant side," says Daniel Casasanto of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands. To find out whether people link 'good' with 'dominant' beyond the laboratory, Casasanto and co-author Kyle Jasmin examined spontaneous gestures during positive and negative speech in the final debates of the most recent US presidential elections. http://phys.org/news199618034.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:27:30 EST news199618034 Apple on Tuesday unveiled the "Magic Trackpad," a touchpad which allows a user to operate a desktop computer with finger gestures, eliminating the need for a mouse. http://phys.org/news199455846.html Electronics Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:24:24 EST news199455846 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers studying human conversation have discovered the brains of listeners and speakers become synchronized, and this "neural coupling" makes for effective communication. In essence, the participants’ brains connect in a kind of "mind meld." http://phys.org/news199424641.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:00:02 EST news199424641