News tagged with gesture control

NEC unveils gesture controlling device

Japanese technology titan NEC has unveiled a gadget that allows users to control their TV, mobile phone or tablet computer using a virtual input device.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices

The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

'Star Wars'-themed Xbox 360 unleashed at Comic-Con

(AP) -- The Force will be with the Xbox 360.

Technology / Software

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Star chef points the way

Master chef Johann Lafer is a virtuoso in the kitchen -- and with modern technology too. At his cookery school the TV celebrity adopts a high-tech approach to make things easier in the kitchen with the touchless ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google tailoring tablet computer software

As iPad commanded the technology world's attention, Google continued working quietly on tablet computer software that could run rivals to Apple's latest creation.

Technology / Software

created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Controlling the TV with a wave of the hand

Touchscreens are so yesterday. Remote controls? So last century. The future is controlling your devices with a simple wave of the hand.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

iPoint 3D - Using fingers as a remote control

(PhysOrg.com) -- The 'iPoint 3D' allows people to communicate with a 3-D display through simple gestures - without touching it and without 3-D glasses or a data glove. What until now has only been seen in ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0