Friday, April 1, 2011

Gmail Motion - control your computer with body motions

Technology is moving much quicker than our cultural norms - hence the conflicts between privacy and technology and law and technology. Hopefully this new way of controlling a computer doesn't end up in court or helping big brother watch us, but only a few years ago this would have been the realm of science fiction, not a business application like Google Apps. 


In addition to the Gmail Motion Beta describes in this video, Google is coming out with a Google Docs Motion Beta later this year - see that link below, too.  





Gmail Motion BETA


Coming soon! Google Docs Motion BETA


This reminds me of Scotty in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986 - yes I watched Star Trek, but no, not quite a Trekkie) - from IMDb:

[faced with a 20th century computer] 
Scotty: Computer! Computer? 
[He's handed a mouse, and he speaks into it] 
Scotty: Hello, computer. 
Dr. Nichols: Just use the keyboard. 
Scotty: Keyboard. How quaint. 

I guess I'll have to get rid of my nervous tics... 

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