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Motion sensing mirror

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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...]

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Control wheel chair with gestures

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

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Kaossilator

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...]

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ZFlyer hover jumper

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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...]

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Gesture controlled cellphone from Sony-Ericsson

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...]

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Remote control computer with your hand

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...]

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Emotion sensitive dress

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...]

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Interactive virtual tutor

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...]

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Indoor rainbow

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...]

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Make your photo moving

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...]

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Teeth controller

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.

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Gesture controller

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.

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