Computers & Humans
Magic Fingers: Digging Into Multi-Touch Technology with Both Hands
Monday, March 8th, 2010Image by Eliel via Flickr
At Perceptive Pixel’s offices on Manhattan’s West Side, Jefferson Han stands in front of a megasize multi-touch screen and runs his fingertips across the display. Each finger leaves a trail of colored pixels in its wake, causing the display to look, briefly, like it has been scratched [...]
Skinput turns your hand into a touchscreen and your fingers into a keypad
Sunday, March 7th, 2010Always thought your skin was more than just a thing to stop your insides falling out? Well, you were right. Chris Harrison has developed Skinput, a way in which your skin can become a touch screen device or your fingers buttons on a MP3 controller. Harrison says that as electronics get [...]
No Implants Needed: Movement-Generating Brain Waves Detected and Decoded Outside the Head
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
New research holds promise for a noninvasive brain-computer interface that allows mental control over computers and prosthetics
Our bodies are wired to move, and damaged wiring is often impossible to repair. Strokes and spinal cord injuries can quickly disconnect parts of the brain that initiate movement with the nerves and [...]
Can greener gadgets save us from e-waste?
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Image via Wikipedia
One laptop per child seems a simple slogan, chock full of benefit. What could go wrong when you put the power of the Internet and solar cells into the hands of children in the developing world? After all, not only does it train the global underclass in the tools [...]
Cellphones Let Shoppers Point, Click and Purchase
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Image by Norma Desmond via Flickr
Shoppers will soon be able to stand outside the designer Norma Kamali’s boutique in Manhattan, point a phone at merchandise in the window and buy it — even late at night when the store is closed.
Ms. Kamali is at the forefront of a technological transformation coming to [...]
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