Apple new touchscreen tech would use IR light to discern hard presses from soft

Appleinsider reports that Apple new touchscreen tech would use IR light to discern hard presses from soft: "Apple's proposed invention, as described by a patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, uses frustrated total internal reflection in conjunction with other touch sensing technology to determine how hard a user is pressing on a device screen. "

Microsoft Demos Its Touch-Focused Office Suite For Windows | TechCrunch

TechCrunch reports: "This morning at its Build developer conference in San Francisco, Microsoft showed off the coming touch-friendly build of its Office suite coming for the Windows platform. "

HTC One M8 offers gesture while screen is off

Meet The HTC One ‘M8′, Available Today With Google Play Edition Shipping Soon | TechCrunch: "The new HTC One offers gesture control, another popular feature among new smartphones. The M8 has what HTC is calling Motion Launch, which is a series of gesture controlled shortcuts to let you activate the screen, answer calls, and turn the lock screen on and off without swiping or tapping. It does this using low-power monitoring of orientation, speed, etc., with its onboard sensors to predict what you’ll want to do when you unlock the device."



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Samsung Working With Startup Partners To Add Gesture-Based Smart Home Control To TVs | TechCrunch

TechCrunch reports:

"Samsung is reportedly (via WSJ) preparing for a smart home control interface that uses your smart TV to recognize basic hand gestures, directed at the objects you actually want to control. So, for example, it would allow you to point at a lamp to turn it off or on, or to other nearby objects to affect them in different ways."

The Ring Input Device Puts Gesture Control And Home Automation On Your Finger | TechCrunch

The Ring Input Device Puts Gesture Control And Home Automation On Your Finger | TechCrunch:

"The Ring is a hardware device that resembles an ordinary (if slightly chunky) ring, filled with sensors and electronics to give it the ability to control devices and render input. It can enable gesture controls, of the kind you’d get with a Wii remote, for instance, as well as text input by drawing letters in the air, gesture-based authorization for finalizing payments, and transmit alerts from connected devices via a built-in vibration motor and onboard LED."

Ring is a KickStarter project.

The Eye Tribe

The Eye Tribe claim to offer "The world's first $99 eye tracker with full SDK".

Apple patents headphones with 'head gesture' control

From recent Apple's patent filing report:

"As the activity monitor also incorporates accelerometers, Apple proposes a novel means of hands-free navigation involving head gestures. For example, users can change music tracks and adjust volume by tilting or rotating their head in predefined manners. To avoid accidental activation, a priming procedure like a button press may be used to initiate the gesture sequence." 

It was filled in 2007.