Gesture-basedcomputer interfaces are finally within reach. MIT researchers have designed an easy to use system that involves a standard webcam and a multicolored Lycra glove.
The glove is covered with 20 irregularly shaped patches with 10 different colors so that the computer can distinguish the colors from each other and from background objects.
Tired of traffic jams and subway crowds? Take the zip-line to work this time. Based on the Kolelinia project that proposes wire-supported bicycle lanes in the sky, a new Kolelinia vision keeps the wires but drops the bicycles.
The project, called Kolelinio, aims to move people through streets by seating them in a device connected to an elevated steel wire, in a manner similar to a ski-lift.
