Amazing new device developed by students

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So cool. Kind of like a next-level version of what Stephen Hawking uses to communicate:

Pushing Boundaries: Students develop eye-activated controller for people of all abilities

Volt Vision is the brainchild of a team of six CU Boulder electrical and computer engineering students who are developing a wireless, wearable product that allows users to control machines and devices by using their eyes to send commands. Their goal is to develop a product based on accessibility for everyone.

An adhesive sensor placed on the temple allows users to control a device through the movement of their eyes.

“Tech companies tend to forget certain people in their markets,” said Bader Albader, a team member of Volt Vision. “We’re trying to show that technology can be used to not only help and support people with disabilities but can also be accessible to everyone to use in a range of applications.”

The device, called the Vee Vee, interprets the direction of the eye movement and sends an instruction to an external machine that’s paired with the wearable device through a Bluetooth signal. The Vee Vee merges human touch with technology for human-to-machine integration.

 

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Eye tracking will be used more often for machine control, but it has already been used in for a while in the Cannon 60D camera auto focusing camera. The photographer's eye is tracked to set the focus so he doesn't have to look away from the view screen.