Let your fingers do the… talking

Damian Koh | Jul 19, 2006

The folks at Microsoft's research labs could either be closet fans of Tom Cruise in Minority Report or they are really ingenious to come up with TouchLight--a technology that allows people to navigate computer images using their hands.

Ah yes, this is something which could make even Chief John Anderton (played by Cruise) turn green with envy (and at the same time, technologically impaired). People using TouchLight don't have to make use of special gloves, glasses or a headset, wrote News.com Ina Fried.

According to the report, Microsoft is licensing TouchLight to Eon Reality which would use this technology in its existing interactive products for the commercial, auto, aerospace and defense industries.

Though it could still be two to three years before this technology will be available to mainstream consumers, it's still good to know our fingers can do something other than type on our keyboards.

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