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No doubt the Wii players have influenced many people, and everyday there’re new players getting crazy with the fascinating interactive game. And maybe that’s why more and more designers have come to develop new interactive games, just as it did in the case of Zachery Shivers and Anne Flinchbaugh who have created a motion-controlled version of Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots. Its key ingredient is TI’s accelerometer-equipped Chronos watch, which can translate the players’ actual punches into rock ‘em sock ‘em punches.For more details, you can hit up the source link and the video after the jump. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The magic faucet is completely controlled by gestures, a wave of the hand will change its temperature and flow rate. And the videos of the working prototype convince me that this is a neat idea! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Like most conventional lamps, the Airswitch1 here is still controlled by your hands, but in a totally different way. It could sense your hands, changing its light intensity when you raise your hand vertically and switching on/off if you move your hand horizontally above the lamp. Cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Announced during Samsung’s CES press conference, the TicToc is believed a perfect alternative to Apple’s iPod Shuffle. Based on a built-in motion sensor, TicToc allows the users to change tunes by shaking the player slowly or quickly. The more slowly you shake the player, a much gentler music will be chosen, and vice versa. There’s a big button on one end to control the volume and a headphone port on the other. Turn the button to face the ground when you want to decrease the volume and make sure the button faces up if you’d like to increase the volume. The Samsung TicToc could support MP3, WMA, OGG, and FLAC audio formats with 12 hours of battery life. It will soon be available in two versions (2GB and 4GB capacities) but still no price has been announced. [Read the rest of this entry...]

If I were you, I would feel hesitant to wear the Dancepants Kinetic Music Player. Not that it’s heavy or ugly, but you have to keep in motion to have the MP3 player work. In other words, the player is powered by the kinetic energy generated during your motion, and the farer you run, the longer the player works. Then, how long will you wish it to work? [Read the rest of this entry...]

The new headset by Sony Ericsson is a motion-activated one that will lead us a new way to listen to music. Based on Sony Ericsson’s “Sense Me Control” technology, the headphones will act to your body contact correspondingly. In that way, when you bung the headset into your ears, it then starts playing while pauses automatically if you pick them off.

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Well, I believe you have also noticed that clock is a favorite to all designers. But different from those clocks we showed you, the robotic digital clock is for those who understand sign language well, because it shows time all by hands.

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It’s a bitter experience for almost everyone to struggle to wake up in the noise of an alarm clock, even though we usually fail to catch the right bus on time. Well, why not try the finger dance alarm clock? Different from those alarm controlled by a button, this alarm won’t stop ringing unless your figures can hit the correct sequence on the touchpad.

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In this high-tech era, every thing can have some intelligence. Blocks is not an exception. This so-called Siftable is actually a block shaped tiny computer with a singular display and motion sensor. Thanks to its intelligent natural, you can get many amazing functions.

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What is this cute girl doing? Just making face? Not exactly. As a matter of fact, she is controlling her MP3 player with facial expression. This process is relying on infrared sensors that measure the inner ear movements resulting from various facial expressions. For example, you can start or stop the music when you stick your tongue out. It’s very simple and funny.

One switch for one light is the basic requirement. However, it is not necessary if you have a gesture controlled switch like this. With the touch-sensitive board you can control every light separately by sliding the finger to the lights’ direction. If you want switch on/off all the lights simultaneously, just make a circular motion on the board. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This phone is pretty innovative. It comes with a pair of separated speakerphone and microphone and so you can attach them onto your fingers to call your friends. Also, it’s touch screen can remember the path fingers when you are typing the keypad so you can remember the contact by with different path patterns. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Second life is the most popular online virtual game. But how to make a virtual game like a real one, I mean play second life with real motions, just like the Wii manner.

This hands free 3D system is a brilliant gadget which is able to determine where your legs and arms are located and your in-game avatar will response your similar actions in reality.

So you still think second life is a virtual life rather than a real one?

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With a built-in tilt sensor, this wood made mouse could be controlled by tilting gesture. The magnitude of the tilt determines the pointer’s speed. [Read the rest of this entry...]

How could a robot dream? NO, NO, this robot just dancing according the the brainwave and eye movements when you’re sleeping. So, if you forget your dream, just watch the dance of this robot. [Read the rest of this entry...]