Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) have won the prize from Google for developing the "Air-writing" Glove that could simplify typing on mobile phones.
Professor Tanja Schulz and Christoph Amma from KIT developed a new type of input device that can sense handwriting based on a user's wrist movements. They hope their invention could soon make the cumbersome typing on the mini keyboards of smartphones obsolete.
The technology can recognize approximately 8,000 words, along with complete sentences.
Source: http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20130225-48143.html
Professor Tanja Schulz and Christoph Amma from KIT developed a new type of input device that can sense handwriting based on a user's wrist movements. They hope their invention could soon make the cumbersome typing on the mini keyboards of smartphones obsolete.
The technology can recognize approximately 8,000 words, along with complete sentences.
Source: http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20130225-48143.html