Gesture based RC control

[Kilby]

So I'm sure some of you may have seen the Leap Motion gesture based UI. It's some thing along the lines of an XBox connect that lets you control your computer with different gestures. I've been approved to become one of their beta testers and should have a control unit showing up sometime soon. I was originally attracted to it after I saw someone hack the AR Drone to be controlled by gestures.

Well, now a new company has something a little bit cooler. They made a band that goes around your forearm and detects the muscle movements from various gestures, then translates that into a user command. This has also been hacked to control an AR Drone, but it could be used for anything when you think about it. Imagine controlling your ground station with gesture controls.

I can't wait for this tech to break wide open!

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/02/25...sture-and-muscle-recognition-control-to-macs/

The Leap Motion controller

 

[hjls3]

that is some cool stuff. just think, what is to come with multi rotors and RC flight? mind boggling to start to wrap your head around it and think about all the things that could happen with this technology to make the word a better place. im sure most of us will have some down moments with the latest and greatest, but i would bet that what we are flying today, is nothing like whats available just a short decade away. pretty exciting stuff.

 

[athish]

hey guys hi! can any of you give me the details of this gesture controlled copters - as to how the getsure is incorporated to the copter and more

 

[ChrisViperM]

cool stuff....but I'd rather would love to see a device which translates to my wife what I am saying, in a way that she can understand WHAT I am saying...... :tennis:



Chris

 

[gadgetkeith]

cool stuff....but I'd rather would love to see a device which translates to my wife what I am saying, in a way that she can understand WHAT I am saying...... :tennis:



Chris

hi Chris its called a credit card with no limit works everytime

keith

 

[ZAxis]

So what happens when you scratch your nose ?? :tennis::tennis::tennis:

andy

 

[ChrisViperM]

+1 LOL


Chris

 

[Benjamin Kenobi]

A similar system was demonstrated on TED talk recently. Uses a wand and cameras. Shame we still have to use GPS as a camera type system would be super accurate.