9 Ways To Control Your Gadgets Without Touching Them

Friday, April 27, 2012 9 Ways To Control Your Gadgets Without Touching Them An emerging trend in technology this year is -- in the immortal words of television show "Arrested Development" -- "No Touching!" Yes, a growing number of technology companies seem to be hard at work inventing new ways for us to control our smartphones, tablets, laptops and televisions without having to touch them at all. We're not talking about voice control, like the imaginative Siri app on Apple's iPhone 4S; we're talking about gesture control, the ability of a gadget to "watch" your movements and manipulate the on-screen content based on the motions you make. Check out our slideshow for a look at the most exciting new developments in hands-free tech. Apple In Talks For Long-Awaited iTV? This Site Tells You What A Jerk You Are On Twitter Steve Jobs Wanted To Be Willy Wonka Jack Dorsey: The Next Move For Tech Is A Disappearing Act New Google Trick Unlocks Delightfully Geeky Game BLOG POSTS Negah Mouzoon: An Anniversary You Are Forced to Remember Until federal policymakers act to protect consumers from one-sided contracts, April 27 will always mark the anniversary of a devastating day for consumers' rights. Vineet Madan: The Digital Transformation of Education: A 21st Century Imperative As we push forward with the digital transformation of education, it's worth taking a look at just how greatly technology can impact teaching and learning in this country. Rabbi Jason Miller: Now Mom Knows What You're "Up To" Facebook broadcasts things that you've already done. Nothing shares what you're going to be doing or where you're going to go. UpTo focuses on the future. Ruth Eglash: How Israel's Museums Are Harnessing Social Media to Share Their Wares "If someone based in Oklahoma goes online to read about the museum and learns through our Timeline what we do, then you can be sure that the first place that person will visit if they come to Israel is the museum." Dori Hartley: When You Die on Facebook I wonder if Mark Zuckerberg foresaw the inevitability of the public actually dying off the site. Nonetheless, when you die on Facebook, mourning is nothing like it is in real life.

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