Oz boffins develop hand gesture controls for your TV

Change channels with a two finger salute

Oz boffins develop hand gesture controls for your TV . Home Cinema, Televisions, Concepts, Photos 0

16 July 2007 11:01 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

Australian scientists have created a control system for televisions that recognises gestures you make with your hands.

As you can see from the image, certain functions can be carried out by making certain hand gestures.

It is not clear if you will be able to program these commands yourself, for example, whether a slightly open fist moved upwards and downwards will change the channel to anything starring Robert Kilroy-Silk...


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