Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Researchers Use Tongue as Interface

Perhaps you've already tried 3D goggles and virtual gloves. And you might know about innovative new interface technologies that put full keyboard functionality in just a single hand. But now, if researchers are able to commercialize a new project, you might also be using your tongue to interact with your PC.

(Via KurzweilAI.net.)


I saw this coming; way back in college I started a short-story featuring deep-space astronauts that controlled their spaceship via mouthpieces pretty much like the ones described above. I thought the idea was more surreal than practical. Little did I know . . .

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