retroremakes
January 4th, 2010, 18:20
Tokyo University (http://gizmodo.com/tag/tokyouniversity/) had developed a touchless interface (http://gizmodo.com/tag/touchlessinterface/) that can register 3D motion of a human finger using a single camera. Think of it like Project Natal (http://gizmodo.com/tag/projectnatal/), only with cellphones.
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