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Professor Masatoshi Ishikawa and Dr. Takashi Komuro of the Tokyo University developed a new input method they’re calling “vision-based Input Interface”. Using a forward facing camera, something that many smartphones in Europe and Asia have, even though it’s debatable whether or not video calling took off, all five fingers are recognized and can be used for typing, clicking, browsing through photos, and eventually even more things once practical applications are developed. The forward facing camera used in this demo is a high speed, 154 frame per second, sensor. It’s one step closer to Minority Report type user interfaces, but it seems kind of counter intuitive to have this sort of user interface on a mobile device.
We look at people walking down the street and talking on their Bluetooth headsets as strange and possibly mentally deficient. Imagine seeing someone walking down the street waving to their mobile phone like he was some sort of character in Harry Potter. Not cool.
[Via: Gigazine, hat tip to @samin]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
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