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For All You Computer Blowhards
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by vanityemailaddress | November 14, 2007 at 03:11 pm
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See something on the Internet you don't like, blow it away. You read it correctly. Researchers at Georgia Tech have come up with this unique idea to manipulate what you see and control what you are doing. The interface is activated by blowing your hot air directly onto your computer's screen. Gives a new meaning to the name, Air Jordan.
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"BLUI supports blowing at a laptop or computer screen to directly control specific parts of an interactive application, such as blowing at a button to activate it," the researchers said in their paper (click for PDF). The technique requires a period of "training" to calibrate the system--blowing on each region of the screen for 3 to 5 seconds.
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at 15:42 on November 14th, 2007
Interesting. Could provide computer access opportunities for a lot of people. The possibility of blowing out candles in role playing games is kind of cool, too.
at 16:31 on November 14th, 2007
Look Mom! No hands! Blowhard interface could become trendy with youngsters.