Glove Lets You Write in Thin Air

[mooeypoo]

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/18/glove-writing.html

 

From the article:

A fingerless bike glove equipped with electrical sensors lets you write on thin air, according to new research. The modified glove could not only allow for discreet, one-handed text messaging but also create an early warning system for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's

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Placing the patches over the major muscle groups in the hand and lower arm, the researchers recorded the time and strength of the impulse and input the data into a computer program.

 

Now that's pretty neat!

 

Beyond the application as early detection of neurodegenerative diseases, this has huge applications for.. well anything, really. If this can read delicate inputs from muscles, it might be able to assist people with muscle problems or many types of disability, perhaps?

 

I couldn't help but thinking of applications to medicine, too.. like delicate surgeries using computer assistance. There are already systems that can do that but they're all lacking some form of percision and they're used for specific applications. This might increase the availability and use of these..