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Start or stop Music, You just put Your Tongue Out |
| By Ben on Sun Mar 8 2009 |
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| Gear | News |
| "A wink, a smile or a raised eyebrow could change your music on your iPod or start up the washing machine." The device called the "Mimi Switch", it looks like a normal set of headphones but is fitted with a set of infrared sensors that measure the inner ear movements resulting from various facial expressions. "An iPod can start or stop music when the wearer sticks his tongue out.." says inventor, Kazuhiro Taniguchi of Osaka University. Cool! This device can also programmed to run with various other facial expressions, such as a wriggle of the nose or a smile." The device could also serve as a remote control for appliances for physically disabled people, from cameras and computers to air conditioners, or alert medical services if a person has a fit, he said. |
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