Georgia Tech researchers develop gesture-recognizing watch

This isn't the first time we've seen some gesture-based technology come out of Georgia Tech, but it looks like they've made some fairly significant improvements, now touting it not just as a game interface, but as a means to control all your various gadgets. Unlike that previous system, which simply relied on a cellphone camera to track movement, this new system makes use of five infrared sensors to pick up on your gestures, which then get interpreted and sent to the device you're trying to control via Bluetooth. No word when you'll actually be able to do that yourself, of course, although the researches don't seem to see any limits to the technology's potential, even touting it as a means for doctors to control medical devices during an operation.

[Via SlashGear]

[sbrown @ Jul 20th 2007 6:47AM]

Yet another way to humiliate myself in public by performing strange bodily movements. At least no one will sit by me on the bus.

[Joe @ Jul 20th 2007 7:42AM]

As a civilization, have we not advanced beyond rainbow-colored ribbon cables?

[Bendy @ Jul 20th 2007 7:47AM]

Of course the big question is..."Can I give it the fingers to turn the alarm off?"

[Mickey Jones @ Jul 20th 2007 11:59AM]

No, but if you flip it the bird, it cuts off circulation to your hand.

[Gil @ Jul 20th 2007 8:03AM]

Am I the only one who's reminded of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and how horribly wrong this tehnology turned out to be?

[gfar @ Jul 20th 2007 8:47AM]

Why do they need to have the wires look like a rainbow?

[Jamie @ Jul 20th 2007 12:47PM]

They're just so damn *proud*...

[Andrew @ Jul 20th 2007 9:09AM]

Think of the dance dance revolution revolution that will occur. Nerds can now start dancing with their hands as well as their legs.

[Todd @ Jul 20th 2007 9:26AM]

No need to wait, you can build your own today, right now:

http://www.sunspotworld.com/

I watched a demonstration of the Sun Spot, in person, its pretty cool. They can be built into any device, mobile phones, hand held game consoles, whatever. Add it two an external hard drive, then shake the drive in a very distinct way and it will transfer its contents to another PC near by. Neato.

[Traveller @ Jul 20th 2007 11:19AM]

I for one welcome our gesture-watch-toting overlords.

[Miles @ Jul 20th 2007 12:55PM]

I find it funny how we are getting all these gesture based devices after the release of the iPhone.

Conincedence? No way.

[Jesse S @ Jul 20th 2007 1:01PM]

I totally agree. This is a complete rip-off of the iPhone, but without a screen.

[Erik @ Jul 20th 2007 3:24PM]

I wonder what it would do if someone wearing it were masturbating.

[Jamie @ Aug 24th 2007 3:08PM]

Too bad it's not a Microsoft device. "It looks like you're trying to masturbate! ..."

[Gilbert Wham @ Jul 23rd 2007 11:15AM]

Will it suffer from the same 'stops working after 2 beers' problem that voice-dialling seems to?

[Richie @ Jul 24th 2007 8:59AM]

Sounds like Gatchaman to me....