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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 514261" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p>The field of disability aids has seen many devices controlled by computers that visually track the eye movements of paralysed people, but none that reads the <a href="http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/AC/TNKS/Nni20080507D07HH073.htm" target="_blank">electricity given off by swivelling eyeballs</a> [subscription link].</p><p>Research by NTT <a href="http://www.techradar.com/search/results?searchterm=docomo&dated=&datem=&datey=&show=&sort=date" target="_blank">DoCoMo</a> Research Laboratories has shown that the human pupil carries a slight positive charge, compared to the more negative white part of the eye.</p><p><strong>Sideways look</strong></p><p>DoCoMo chief scientist Masao Fukumoto explains the seemingly odd phenomenon, saying, "The human eye has the properties of a battery." Measuring how the electrical balance shifts as the eye moves is key to a more accurate eye-based control system.</p><p>Naturally, a multimedia company (as are all modern phone firms) like DoCoMo has plans beyond creating a disability aid. The Japanese giant plans to build the technology into headphones that can control music players with a mere sideways glance. Just be careful when using them on the night bus home.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/electrical-eyeballs-controlling-our-gadgets-360621" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 514261, member: 259515"] The field of disability aids has seen many devices controlled by computers that visually track the eye movements of paralysed people, but none that reads the [URL="http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/AC/TNKS/Nni20080507D07HH073.htm"]electricity given off by swivelling eyeballs[/URL] [subscription link]. Research by NTT [URL="http://www.techradar.com/search/results?searchterm=docomo&dated=&datem=&datey=&show=&sort=date"]DoCoMo[/URL] Research Laboratories has shown that the human pupil carries a slight positive charge, compared to the more negative white part of the eye. [B]Sideways look[/B] DoCoMo chief scientist Masao Fukumoto explains the seemingly odd phenomenon, saying, "The human eye has the properties of a battery." Measuring how the electrical balance shifts as the eye moves is key to a more accurate eye-based control system. Naturally, a multimedia company (as are all modern phone firms) like DoCoMo has plans beyond creating a disability aid. The Japanese giant plans to build the technology into headphones that can control music players with a mere sideways glance. Just be careful when using them on the night bus home. [url=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/electrical-eyeballs-controlling-our-gadgets-360621]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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