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2009-11-05

Eyeballs Control

Researchers Turn to Eyeballs to Control Devices

Researchers at NTT DoCoMo have developed a set of prototype in-ear headphones that can detect and measures changes in the body's electrical state that take place when your eyes move, and have harnessed this technology to control the music player on a mobile phone.

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Introducing the gadgets you can control with your eyes

A researcher for NTT DoCoMo demonstrates how to control a digital music player with his eyes in Tokyo

The new technology from Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo may also enable cell phone cameras to read bar codes to get product information, download music and coupons when the user simply looks at the codes.

'We are working on a cell phone of the future,' Masaaki Fukumoto, executive research engineer at NTT said.

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CEATEC: Eyeballs control a cell phone

NTT DoCoMo showed a set of prototype in-ear headphones that can detect and measures changes in the body's electrical state when your eyes move.

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Tongue Control

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Tongue Control

Sensory feedback via the tongue might improve neural prostheses.

Brain machines: A volunteer tests a brain-computer interface being developed at the University of Wisconsin. It consists of an electroencephalogram (EEG) cap that records brain activity and a device that stimulates the tongue. The position of the yellow ball on the screen is represented in electrical activity on the volunteer’s tongue. The volunteer uses brain activity (imagined movements) to move the ball to the red target.

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Tongue Control Technology

How it works
Tongue motions inside the mouth produce traceable acoustic patterns in the ear canal. Different types of movement, differing in location and speed, produce unique patterns. To use tongue movements for device control, repeatable and comfortable movements, which produce consistent acoustic patterns, need to be identified. As an example, the figure below shows three different tongue motions and the corresponding acoustic signals.

To further understand this technology, please view the two video
demonstrations.

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2008-01-14

Firefox's Glubble -- A Safe Web Environment for the Kids

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New browser for children on its way

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Most of the times the chats and websites visited are harmless, but kids have access to some things you, as a parent, don’t want them to see. Enters Glubble.

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Glubble is a free tool for the Mozilla Firefox Internet browser. It permits each member of the family to have their own custom environment, so that when kids use it they only see the very best parts of the Internet based on selections made by their parents or supplied by trusted family brands.

Glubble enhances Firefox to make sure kids can't see the whole World Wild Web instead they can only see family friendly parts of the web, its like their own little world on the web. We call it their Glubble World.