Battery-free technology brings gesture recognition to all devices
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 13:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Mute the song playing on your smartphone in your pocket by flicking your index finger in the air, or pause your "This American Life" podcast with a small wave of the hand. This kind of gesture control for electronics could soon become an alternative to touchscreens and sensing technologies that consume a lot of power and only work when users can see their smartphones and tablets.