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Now,
Surf Net with your nose
London:
Has the era of hands-free Web surfing arrived?
Dmitry Gorodnichy, an inventor from the Institute of
Information Technology in Ottawa, has developed a computer
navigation system that relies on the movements of a
user’s nose to direct a cursor, New Scientist magazine
reported on Wednesday.
For
good measure, a simple blink of the right or left eye
corresponds to the right or left click of a mouse button,
the magazine said. The inventor expects the nose-steered
mouse, or “ nouse”, will make using a computer easier
for people with disabilities or for video game enthusiasts
who would like to slay bad guys with the bob of the
head and blink of an eye.
The
magazine said the technology works in conjunction with
a single Web cam plugged into a computer’s USB port.
From the onset of a session, Web cam takes a snapshot
of the user’s face , focusing in on the tip of the nose
as the guide point.
Source:
Times of India
Date:
September 17, 2004
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