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Researcher proposes Thumb on Hand gestures, no touchscreen necessary (video) Mar 6th 2012, 05:09 Would you be willing to wear an additional device in order to avoid interacting with another? That's the conundrum posed to us by Christian Loclair, a master's student at the Hasso Plattner Institute. His thesis, titled Thumb on Hand Interaction, proposes that users control their mobile equipment with simple hand gestures that are performed independently of their device's touchscreen. This level of freedom requires that users wear a depth camera on their chest, and builds upon prior research from the Hasso Plattner Institute that required use of both hands. Loclair proposes a diverse new set of gestures that users can perform with only one hand, where one's thumb acts as the primary navigation tool and one's palm serves as a trackpad. Another set of gestures is based on the interaction of one's thumb and index finger, which allows users to control sliders and the like. Perhaps once the research team determines how to implement this technology without making our lives more complex, we'll be able to sink our teeth into this one. In the meantime, you'll find a video demonstration after the break. Continue reading Researcher proposes Thumb on Hand gestures, no touchscreen necessary (video) Researcher proposes Thumb on Hand gestures, no touchscreen necessary (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Christian "Mio" Loclair  | Email this | Comments MIT opens App Inventor to all, launches public Beta Mar 6th 2012, 04:22 You'd be forgiven for thinking you've already read this article. Truthfully, you pretty much already have. The software is the same (App Inventor), the milestone is the same (public availability), even the development status is the same (beta). So, what praytell is new then? Well, the Android apps creation tool is no longer being managed by Google -- MIT has snatched up the source and worked up its own version. Now you, or anyone else for that matter, can go and log into the MIT App Inventor, so long as you have a valid Google ID. Interested in giving it a try? Did you miss out when it was the Google App Inventor? Hit up the source link for more. MIT opens App Inventor to all, launches public Beta originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Android Central  |  MIT  | Email this | Comments

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