Posts Tagged ‘gestures’

Taipei company sues Apple over touch screen patents

San Francisco - Taipei-based company Elan Microelectronics has sued Apple for the alleged infringement of two of its touch screen patents in the iconic US technology company's iPhone and other devices. The suit was filed Tuesday in the US District Court in San Francisco, close to Apple's Silicon Valley headquarters, court papers posted Wednesday showed. Elan, which makes touchpads, claims it owns the patents covering the touch ... Full story

Taipei company sues Apple over touch screen patents

San Francisco, April 9 (DPA) Taipei-based company Elan Microelectronics has sued Apple for the alleged infringement of two of its touch screen patents in the iconic US technology company's iPhone and other devices. The suit was filed Tuesday in the US District Court in San Francisco, close to Apple's Silicon Valley headquarters, court papers posted Wednesday showed. Elan, which makes touchpads, claims it owns the patents covering ... Full story

Eurovision rejects Georgia’s ‘anti-Putin’ song

London, Mar 11 (ANI): Organisers of Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow have rejected Georgia's entry because it "pokes fun" at Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Apparently, the disco-funk song, We Don't Wanna Put In, is controversial, and it is against the competition's rules to allow political content in entries. "No lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature shall be permitted," The BBC quoted a ... Full story

Now, a robotic computer that can be operated by gestures

London, Mar 3 (ANI): Forget about using keyboard or mouse to operate your computer, for scientists have now developed a PC with a robotic neck that can be controlled only by gestures. The music and game-playing gadget, called QB1 computer, was showcased at the Lift conference in Geneva last week.rederic Kaplan at the Swiss Federal Institutes in Lausanne said that conventional personal computers were too ... Full story

Gestures help students develop new ideas to learn maths

Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): Students who were taught to solve problems with the help of gestures are more likely to develop new ways of understanding mathematics than those who are taught only by words, according to a study at the University of Chicago. Although its long known that movements help retrieve information about an event or physical activity associated with action, this is the first study ... Full story

Deaf kids invent their own sign language to communicate with others

Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): Deaf children are able to develop their own sign language for communicating with others as they grow, just as children with conventional spoken language, according to a new study. The researchers have found that deaf children invent their own way of communication with help of hand signs and homemade language-like gesture system. "Other studies on this 'homesigning' have usually stopped at the point ... Full story
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