Latest Gesture Stories

CHICAGO, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage announces for sale a gesture recognition system from Motuveri AB, which allows real-time gesture recognition without the need for complex computing resources. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100614/CG20517LOGO) "We are excited to be offering this innovative gesture recognition IP package to our global base of buyers. Interpreting human gestures with speed and precision is integral to gesture control platforms...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In a study devoted to comparing the different types of gestures of a female chimpanzee, a female bonobo and a female human infant at comparable stages of communicative development, psychologists analyzed video of the three to find remarkable similarities among the species. This study, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Psychology, represents the first time such data has been used to compare the development of...

[357 Pages Report] Americas Gesture Recognition Market report categorizes American Touchless Market by Product (Biometric, Sanitary), Application (Healthcare, Electronics, Automotive) Technology (2D, 3D, Ultrasonic, IR, Capacitive) & Geography. (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 According to a new market research report, "Americas Gesture Recognition & Touchless Sensing Market (2013 - 2018) Technology (2D, 3D, Ultrasonic, IR, Capacitive); Product (Biometric, Sanitary); Application...

DALLAS, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market research report, "Americas Gesture Recognition & Touchless Sensing Market (2013 - 2018) Technology (2D, 3D, Ultrasonic, IR, Capacitive); Product (Biometric, Sanitary); Application (Healthcare, Electronics, Automotive); Country (U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina)", published by MarketsandMarkets, the total market for the Americas' gesture recognition and touch-less sensing market will be worth of $4774.70...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage announces for auction fundamental motion and gesture control technologies from inventor Craig K. Poulton. The lot will be included in the 17th ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on November 29, 2012, at The Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, California. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100614/CG20517LOGO) "We are excited to be offering this portfolio to our global base of buyers," says Dean Becker, CEO of ICAP...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A NEW KIND OF INTERFACE Computers are fantastic machines, no matter the size, category or application. For all the conveniences computers have given the modern world, they’re still largely dependent on the human element, as they can only perform those tasks that we tell them to. Even the automated tasks have to be programmed by someone. Thus, the importance of communication between human and machine via feedback and...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property brokerage and patent auction firm, announces for sale two US granted fundamental patents relating to user interface for motion and gesture control. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100614/CG20517LOGO) "We are excited to be offering this portfolio to our global base of buyers," says Dean Becker, CEO of ICAP Patent Brokerage and ICAP...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com Scientists reported in the American journal of Primatology that gorillas use a type of "baby talk" when communicating with infants. A team of scientists studied captive western lowland gorillas by watching and filming the animals as they interacted. Western lowland gorillas have a wide range of communication gestures, so the team focused on facial expressions and hand signals used in play. Eva Maria Luef from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary...

Disney Research is planning a new technology that could one day see mobile phone users access their smartphone through the palm of their hand. Disney Research in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania showed off a new technology that can sense hand gestures on the human body. The new system, known as Touché, could one day allow smartphones users to answer their phone by gesturing on the palm of their hand. "We demonstrate the rich capabilities of Touché with five example setups from different...

In a discovery that could help instructors better teach deaf children, a team of University of Chicago researchers has found that a gesture-sign mismatch made while explaining a math problem suggests that a deaf child is experiencing a teachable moment. Through a series of experiments with 40 deaf children, ages nine through 12, all of whom were fluent in American Sign Language, researchers were able to distinguish between ASL signs and gestures that look like the gestures hearing children...