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Nosing Around the Web

[ Posted: Monday, September 20th 2004 at 1:54pm ]
[ Category: Computers ]
[ Author: daithi ]

El Reg is reporting on a rather bizarre development of Canada's Institute of Information Technology.

Known as a "]", this rather curious device replaces your mouse by letting you move your mouse pointer with your nose! Apparently, a webcam tracks the movement of the end of your nose and allows to blink your left or right eye to simulate the relevant mouse-click.

While such an invention seems far from useful at first glance, surely the ability (in 3D games) to dispose of opponents merely by winking at them is too good an opportunity to miss.

Funny how much can happen in the blink of an eye nowadays.

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