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Making 'Minority Report' computer navigation a reality

By Candace Lombardi, Staff Writer, CNET News.com
BOSTON--Remember the Minority Report scenes in which Tom Cruise and others use their hands to manipulate data on giant computer screens?

One man is on a mission to bring that gestural interface technology to every personal computer.

John Underkoffler, the founder and chief scientist of Oblong Industries, gave a talk called "Cinema, Science and Innovation" on Friday night at the Museum of Science here.

"The mouse has had a good run, but it's time to say good-bye," Underkoffler said.

His company has an operating system, based on human hand gesturing, that enables the user to explore in a 3D plane. The system responds to the pitch, roll and yaw movements that come naturally to the hand and works with cameras that track the positions of targets placed on gloves.

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bigballin2987;850060; said:
Mike Jones.
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Yeah, i think what he really meant to ask is, "who the fuck is Mike Jones and why should we give two shits who he is?" just a hunch though. :biggrin:

btw, mice render me paralyzed and speechless... it's quite funny to observe, all the while sucking to be me.
 
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BuckeyeRyn;850064; said:
Yeah, i think what he really meant to ask is, "who the fuck is Mike Jones and why should we give two shits who he is?" just a hunch though. :biggrin:

btw, mice render me paralyzed and speechless... it's quite funny to observe, all the while sucking to be me.
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The 18th second should begin to explain it.
[YOUTUBE]http://youtube.com/watch?v=4iPINFbs9KE[/YOUTUBE]
 
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Can't view the video, but I will assume that coat is made entirely of mouse pelts.



On a side note, the idea of the "Mouse being dead" reminds me of another dumb story.

After my divorce many years ago I bought a rabbit for my kids. Shortly thereafter I had to take a long business trip and asked the ex if she could watch the rabbit. I called back to talk to the kids and found out the rabbit had passed away.

Any idea what a bummer it is to have your ex-wife tell you the rabbit died?
 
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