Nose to replace mouse for surfing the web?

[zakur]

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Dmitry Gorodnichy, an inventor from the Institute of Information Technology in Ottawa, has developed a computer navigation system that relies on the movements of a user's nose to direct a cursor, New Scientist has reported.

For good measure, a simple blink of the right or left eye corresponds to the right or left click of a mouse button, the magazine said.

The inventor expects the nose-steered mouse, or "nouse", will make using a computer easier for people with disabilities or for video game enthusiasts who would like to slay bad guys with the bob of the head and blink of an eye.

The magazine said the technology works in conjunction with a single Webcam plugged into a computer's USB port. From the onset of a session, the nouse's Webcam takes a snapshot of the user's face, focussing in on the tip of the nose as the guide point.

Some experts say it snot going to work.

 

[evildave]

Sounds like a recipe for developing nervous twitches.

I could see an 'early adoptor' attracting attention at an airport working with his notebook computer.

"Hey, see that guy over there staring at a computer and twitching?"

 

[TragicMonkey]

What happens if you sneeze? Will spraying the computer with mucus be interpreted as a request to visit the MSDN Knowledge Base? It ought to be.

 

[alfaniner]

Dasher home

I post this link from time to time as it is a really interesting and fun program. I have Ideas of what I could do with it if I only knew how to do the programming behind it.