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Comments on GestIC Gesture Recognition Controller Uses Electrical Fields
'...now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope.'- Douglas Adams, 1979. (Read
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| "This has to be related to the Theremin. A musical instrument which generates tones according to hand positions in a field." (Peter Jacobs 11/14/2012 10:53:12 PM) |
| "Peter beat me to it! My thoughts exactly. I bet there will be some desktop theremins in the near future now." (Zac Hunter 11/16/2012 8:59:23 AM) |
| "Zac, I love the idea of a desktop theremin. Forget all those executive toys - soon, office chatter will cease to listen to the unworldly tones of the theremin! Peter, let's hope that the theremin is no longer covered by any patents - otherwise this new gesture technology is in trouble." (Bill Christensen 11/19/2012 4:18:23 PM) |
| "https :// leapmotion.com /" (Jeff Schwenneker 12/4/2012 6:36:13 AM) |
| "the comercial version https://leapmotion.com/" (jeff schwenneker 12/4/2012 6:37:33 AM) |
| "That's pretty amazing; let me embed the video for everyone.
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