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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...]

Since there’s a motion detector on the base, this mirror with a built-in light could light up your face when you swipe your hand in front of the base.

So, you don’t have to worry about your wet hands. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This system from Japan comes with several cameras to empower this unique cube-on-wheels to understand human gestures. Video after the break

This is another innovative synthesizer from ThinkGeek. With a touchpad, you could create many good music just with your finger. Move your finger from left to right to change the pitch of the note, and up and down to change the sound. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This unique toy comes with a unique detecting system which allows you to control it by your gesture. It could detect the distance between the object underneath and itself, based on which to determine the power. So, you could play it just like shuttlecock. [Read the rest of this entry...]

With the unique gesture controlling technique, you could mute an incoming call or snooze the alarm by moving your hand over the phone. Next time, you could end a phone like a magician. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Johnny Churg Lee from Cynergy Labs created this system in 8 days. He uses the Wiimote as a camera to detecting the hand motion wearing IR gloves. You could control your computer just like using Microsoft Surface, but all the process is based on remote controlling. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This dress is from a Philips. It comes with two layers: the inner one could detect your emotion by the change of body temperature and sweat and send signal to the outer one to change color.

If you’re stress or angry, your dress gonna be red, if you’re calm, it gonna be green. In this way, you can express your emotion without saying. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Scientist from Massey University has developed a new tutor which could react to the students by watching their facial expressions and body language via webcam. Moreover, it could also judge your mood by you heart rates and skin resistance via a special device. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This rainbow projector made from LEDs could give you fantastic feeling although in your room without raining. The motion-activated sensor let you to turn on and off the rainbow with the wave of your hand.It’s magic [Read the rest of this entry...]

This program named MotionPortrait could transform a regular 2D picture into a 3D one and let it move at the same time. It’s magic, huh? Video after the jump [Read the rest of this entry...]

This device from Osaka University allows you to control electronic devices by the movements of your back teeth. What you should do is just take it on your head, then its infrared sensor and microcomputers could detect your movements when you press your back teeth.

This TV controller uses a camera to monitor your gestures and then response to them.

In this way, you can control your TV totally by hands.