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A question: if you’re controlling the classic video game Street Fighter with gestures, aren’t you just, you know, street fighting? That’s a question [Charlie Gerard] is going to have to tackle should ...
Engineering student Federico Terzi has created a new input device aptly named the Gesture Keyboard which, as the name suggests, converts gestures into keystrokes thanks to a little Arduino programming ...
Lots of us get to take home a little e-waste from work once in a while to feed our hacking habits. But some guys have all the luck and score the really good stuff, which is how these robotic surgical ...
If you're making a DIY electronics project and need some type of input, Hover is a simple little add-on that makes it easy to add gesture and touch controls to your projects. Hover is pretty straight ...
Arduino enthusiasts may be interested in a new gesture controlled Arduino door lock which has been created by Adham Negm and uses an Arduino Uno together with a servo motor to slide the bolt back and ...
The Meteor watch features a three-axis gyro, an accelerometer, and other internal motion sensors to detect wrist motion, allowing you to control the watch—and your phone, by proxy—using a customizable ...
The Kinect gesture-control system is a great addition for Xbox 360 games that involve dancing, leaping and other sweeping body movements. But when it comes to controlling the Metro interface and video ...
Short of yelling a command, tapping a screen, rotating a dial, pressing a button, or flicking your wrist, there are not many ways to interact with the average smartwatch. Sure, you could gesticulate ...
As you all know by now, the Kinect is a pretty epic piece of kit. But did you know that you can use the Kinect to pause, rewind, or fast-forward any video you watch using your Xbox 360? It’s true–but ...
We've seen some rather intriguing usage cases for Raspberry Pi-powered devices in recent months, but this latest development from Hriday Badot has our attention. Hriday posted his latest contraption ...