News tagged with gestures
Human-computer music performances use system that links music and musical gestures (w/ Video)
(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 ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Researchers use Doppler Effect for computer gesture control
(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington have together created a system whereby a computer user can use hand gestures to instigate a limited set of computer commands such as ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 07, 2012 |
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Pantech Vega LTE smartphone works by wave of the hand (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A smartphone that can be controlled touch-free with a wave of the hand in the air is due for the Korean market this month. South Korean mobile phone manufacturers Pantech yesterday announced ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Words help people form mathematical concepts (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Language may play an important role in learning the meanings of numbers, scholars at the University of Chicago report.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Twin fetuses learn how to be social in the womb
(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.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Good conversation results in a 'mind meld'
(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, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Mouseless, the 'invisible' computer mouse (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mouseless is a computer mouse that allows you to interact with a computer with a mouse in the same way as usual - except that there is no mouse hardware. The researchers call it an "invisible ...
Jul 08, 2010 |
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Gesture-based computing on the cheap (w/ Video)
Ever since Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi movie Minority Report, in which a black-clad Tom Cruise stands in front of a transparent screen manipulating a host of video images simply by waving his hands, the ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 20, 2010 |
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Bonobos say no by shaking their heads
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists report having observed and filmed bonobos (also known as pygmy chimpanzees) shaking their heads to say “no” to prevent an unwanted behavior in another animal. Bonobos have never ...
May 07, 2010 |
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Cell Phones Using Gesture Control (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The next generation of cell phone interfaces is currently under development at Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory at the University of Tokyo but instead of using a touchscreen the new interface is ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 29, 2010 |
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G-Speak will make the keyboard and mouse obsolete (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The mouse may soon become obsolete, with interfaces that interpret gestures rapidly approaching a stage at which they can be released for general consumers.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Computing with a wave of the hand (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The iPhone’s familiar touch screen display uses capacitive sensing, where the proximity of a finger disrupts the electrical connection between sensors in the screen. A competing approach, ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Scientists: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts
(AP) -- A group of European scientists said Wednesday they have successfully connected a robotic hand to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Words, gestures are translated by same brain regions, says new research
Your ability to make sense of Groucho's words and Harpo's pantomimes in an old Marx Brothers movie takes place in the same regions of your brain, says new research funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Microsoft Researchers Developing Muscle-Based PC Interface (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft researches have teamed up with the University of Washington and the University of Toronto to develop a muscle-controlled interface that allows for hands-free, gesture-driven interaction ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Gesture
A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication made with a part of the body, used instead of or in combination with verbal communication. The language of gesture allows individuals to express a variety of feelings and thoughts, from contempt and hostility to approval and affection. Most people use gestures and body language in addition to words when they speak. The use of gesture as language by some ethnic groups is more common than in others, and the amount of such gesturing that is considered culturally acceptable varies from one location to the next.
Gesticulation: any movement made by a foreigner. (J. B. Morton)
For more information about Gesture, read the full article at
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