"Digits" Making Your Remote Control Obsolete, Newcastle University and Microsoft Research Cambridge Study

Forget the TV remote and the games controller, now you can control anything from your mobile phone to the television with just a wave of your hand. Researchers at Newcastle University and Microsoft Research Cambridge (MSR) have developed a sensor the size of a wrist-watch which tracks the 3-D movement of the hand and allows the user to remotely control any device. Mapping finger movement and orientation, it gives the user remote control anytime, anywhere – even allowing you to answer your phone while it's still in your pocket and you're walking down the street...