Scouting a computer that's "attentive to one's desires?" Good news, friends! Frédéric Kaplan's QB1, which was unveiled at the LIFT Conference in Geneva this past week, aims to be
just that. Reportedly, the machine was designed in order to "alter the fundamentals of human-machine interaction," and rather than relying on the traditional mouse and keyboard approach, this one works entirely via
gestures. QB1 is capable of recognizing inputs from both hands at once, with one example having a human select a record and adjust the volume by simply flicking their fingers through an on-screen album collection. We're told that the related patents behind the sophisticated 3D gesture interaction technology have been filed, but there's no word yet on when we'll be able to actually buy one. 'Til then, it's up to you to handle those "desires" yourself.
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posted Mar 2nd 2009 9:04AM
Now the skynet robots will recognize raising your hands above your head as the sign of surrender.. and shoot you anyways.
Hey engadget, you should add Sarah conner in into that picture.
10 Geek points for anyone that can name all the robots in that picture (is that one of those freaky Chuck E. Cheese robots in there?).
The bear in the background is Billy Bob from Showbiz Pizza. And the robot in the foreground with "Asimo" on his chest is, um, Asimo from Honda. I don't know the other two. Can I still get 5 geek points?
...you obviously don't know my every desire.
so... what does the computer do in response to flipping it the bird?
Damn... I wanted that joke
Gesture-recognizing robot? Perfect sex toy!
Just kiddin.
The Wizard of Asimo
holy crap, the bear thing from chuck-e-cheese!!!
Chuck e Cheese scares me .. Not as much as Showbiz Pizza before it
HAHA yea thats him alright
I hope there's a way to disable it... I don't want the webpage scrolling up and down while I'm watching my pr0n.
Hmm... Aren't they going to have some issues with patenting now that they've done the whole "public disclosure" thing?
That picture is golden!
on a side note: can anyone explain why even though I have tried 5 times, by avatar will never change on Engadget (Im a long time user, but I guess the system is just broke, and yet I have tried many image formats/sizes)
I can't believe you found a pic of the Showbiz Pizza robot to throw in there! I'm laughing so hard I can barely type, thanks for making my afternoon. :)