Gesture recognition from wearables

I'm sitting waiting for Nicola to turn up to discuss some iPad stuff.

Over Christmas I wondered about creating a wearable which could act as a mobile surface - you could drag and used gestures on any object. This could be combined with a projector to make a multi touch table from anything or have other uses.

Came across this Korean wearable work (see link) Recognizing Hand Gestures using Wrist Shapes. . They use IR optic sensor to detect tendon movement. And a neural network to interpret the gestures.I like the idea of reaching further into the surface of the body to pick up more information t

Cinder - processing replacement

Its in C++ ( so fast ) but not so all encompassing.

Its official even the BBC thinks multitouch will be big ( for something)

Well it must be true. I can't embed the video this so follow the link..

"A touch screen that responds to many people using it has been revealed at the CES technology show in Las Vegas.

The 3M device runs on Windows and Linux. It can be manipulated through thin gloves and responds to more than 20 simultaneous points of contact.

Click's Marc Cieslak tries it out." 

Looks like Microsoft finally did it

A low formfactor MS surface 2 !  I've been predicting something like this as why we do the research now.