http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/ Engadget Comments for SmartNav units control PCs with just your noggin' http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 10th 2009 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/The most obvious method is voice control.
My firm produces a so called "Uberdigiframe" , which in reality is a 10" all in one Linux PC (with wifi, BT, Webcam, Light sensor,Atom platform, 32GBSSD,Push e-mail, DTV-B, 2.1 stereo, etc, etc) , it features a 10" touch screen interface, and it can also be connected via bluetooth or IR to wireless Kboard&mouse, but none of my clients, NOT ONE, uses anything else but the BT headset (or microphone) to navigate the interface, the interweb, check, write and answer e-mails, hear internet radio, (or TV) watch DTV-B,or music and video from their NAS or PC, make VOIP calls or landline calls (via the included speakerphone platform), or perform any of the many other tasks that can be performed with our product.
The only limit (if it can be called a limit) is that all commands to the interface must be adressed via a push activated microphone to avoid background interferences (any decent BT hedset will do).
I (and my clients) use it to dictate documents several pages long, and have them read back before sending the text via e-mail, fax, video mail or voice mail, (the Uberframe offers all of these possibilities) and very seldom we find mistakes either in spelling or comprehension.
Unfortunately we are obliged to sell our product as a moddig from private to private because (nearly)all the software, specially the voice recognition and dictating programs, are proprietary and belong to six(!) different companies.
The technology however is there , and I know for sure that I'm not the only one taking advantage of it.
One of the latest clients we had last year was an institution for physically handicapped people and we still receive daily e-mails from them thanking us for how we improved their everyday life and interpersonal relations.]]>Mar 10th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/]]>Mar 10th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 10th 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 10th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 10th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 10th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 10th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 10th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 10th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/
http://www.neurotechnology.com/vl_sdk.html

Really simple to use, even includes webcam management classes. There's a 30 day demo available if you want to have a play around.]]>Mar 10th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 10th 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 10th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 10th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/Mar 13th 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/
This isn't it either. This uses your head, not your brain.]]>Mar 10th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/
$400 for a webcam? Not thanks.

This is way better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PIDRVh4B-0]]>Mar 10th 2009 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/
It'd be different if this super duper high tech.]]>Mar 12th 2009 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav-units-control-pcs-with-just-your-noggin/
http://shop.orin.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1
http://www.madentec.com/products/tracker-pro.php

50% less seems fair.

@Albert
I have a TrackIR (gaming version), and the hardware is different. Different boards, different tracking type (I think), different resolutions, different FOV. I've seen a SN in person, and they seem more robust. I'd actually prefer one of these if I could afford it.]]>Mar 13th 2009 4:31PM