An interesting solution using hand gestures to
entering text on a smartwatch has been created by a team of researchers at
Dartmouth College who have created the WrisText system. Text can be entered
using one hand moving any target to six sections of letters selected by the
movements of one’s wrist.
The prototype concept which currently uses Arduino DUE to pass
information to a computer, along with proximity and piezo sensors to detect
hand and finger movements.
Let’s hope the team is able to take
their concept to consumer level so we can all benefit from the awesome text
input system they have created.
