New technology lets you Email using eye movement

Annie Churdar Contributor

By Annie Churdar in Tech on Thursday 28 March 2013

Guess what? Society has finally advanced beyond the need to physically move a mouse in order to operate a computer. This amazing new invention by the Not Impossible Foundation allows those limited by paralyses or any other neuromuscular disorder to type, email, and surf the web. How is this possible? It’s just as simple as [...]

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Infographic: Computers are more stressful than relationships

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By Annie Churdar in New Design on Thursday 21 February 2013

I’m going to be honest: there was a point in the last year when opening my computer was more stress than I could deal with. So I left it closed for quite a while. Between not understanding the machine, sorting though social media, software crashes, updates, and the rest, computers seem to add a significant [...]

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Leap Motion: a computer input device

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By Phil Groman in Tech on Tuesday 13 November 2012

This could very well become the next generation of computer input devices, in an age beyond keyboards and mice. Essentially the Leap is a sophisticated sensor that allows the user to control a computer in three dimensions using natural natural hand and finger movements.

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Raspberry Pi: powerful credit card-sized computers for $35

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By Jilli Rose in Tech on Friday 19 October 2012

A powerful credit-card-sized computer for $35, developed by eggheads at Cambridge University specifically to remove the don’t-mess-with-my-expensive-machine preciousness of computers, encourage kids to tinker, and thus improve the calibre of their computer science applicants. As you would expect, kids are doing mind-bending projects with them, like brain-controlling their Lego robots.

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