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- MasterThief117, on 09/05/2008, -0/+51*waves hand*
This is not the channel I'm looking for - greenwald, on 09/04/2008, -0/+42I'd Digg, but pressing button too much effort.
- baldgye, on 09/05/2008, -0/+26why is waving your hand around better than pressing a button on a wireless pad that's designed to fit into your hand??
- Seaton, on 09/05/2008, -0/+19This would drive me crazy.
I rub my eye and the TV turns off. Swat a bug, the channel changes. Favorite team scores a touchdown, you jump out of your chair, and the TV attempts to re-program channels (for 15 minutes).
I also read the description and thought...Nintendo Wii?!? - anshuman, on 09/05/2008, -1/+17"Timmy, what exactly are you watching?"
"Mom, i was just trying to shoo this fly" - Jenadae, on 09/05/2008, -0/+14Looks annoying...
- Mjuboy, on 09/05/2008, -0/+12Doesnt this require more effort than pushing a button?
- travis6690, on 09/05/2008, -0/+11Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
- mickstephenson, on 09/05/2008, -0/+10Because sometimes the remote is on the other side of the room. Your hand is (hopefully) always attached to you
- stacky, on 09/05/2008, -0/+9 The machine was rather difficult to operate. For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive — you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same programme.-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, 1979
- FlyingPhotog, on 09/05/2008, -0/+9It will tune to FOX News Channel.
- MaverickC17, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8Why wave your hand when all you have to do is move your thumb slightly???
- webkami, on 09/05/2008, -6/+14I wonder what it will do if I do this
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.............................. - Webnower, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7This'll make subscriptions to all those adult channels problematic.
- JasonCox, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7I think the constant Star Wars references I'd be making while doing this would eventually get the TV remote thrown at my head.
- thegrantman, on 09/05/2008, -1/+8The 700 Club comes on and stays on.
- mikeismyname, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6i thought this was about using the force, ***** that
- anshuman, on 09/05/2008, -1/+7"moommmm,..... he is still waving his hand....please make him stop"
- jggube, on 09/04/2008, -2/+7Wave your hand... it's a new Digg feature.
- Niz1, on 09/05/2008, -0/+5this just makes fighting for control a real fight, youl have to pin down the other person to stop them permanently. I guess you can still block the receiver once you made your choice. (finger on webcam formerly on IR receiver)
- thakur01, on 04/27/2009, -0/+5Would be awesome to change the channel by getting up and gyrating your pelvis!
- AndrewDB, on 09/05/2008, -1/+6There'd better be a way how to disable it for when you watch those Adult channels otherwise you're going to be flipping channels pretty quickly.
- Zippo, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4Remember when you were a kid and you fought with your brother or sister over the remote?
Just imagine the ***** THIS is going to cause. - Voightkampff, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4This article fails to mention that it doesn't actually work.
http://gizmodo.com/5043783/toshiba-magic-gestures- ... - mattlohkamp, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4well put.
- blankypoo, on 09/05/2008, -1/+5Watch some late-night TV and the mouse moves up and down repeatedly at the bottom of the screen...
- DocHoliday22, on 09/05/2008, -1/+4It looks crap. Imagine having to wave your hand about to do something brain dead like watching TV? Too much effort, might work for presentations at a conference or the fun fair
- OneRottenTomato, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3Thank goodness they didn't decide to go with rapid jerking hand movements.
- Greengoo, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3I have the black and gold version of the ultimate hitchhiker's "trilogy". It looks like a bible. I like to think it's my bible.
- drakenlot, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3That was my first thought, you can't enjoy some quality pron cause the channel would be switching constantly.
- andyc, on 09/05/2008, -0/+33 years ago I designed and made a similar gesture controlled mp3 player as a Masters thesis project. I thought it was going to make me rich. It didn't. http://mution.com/ Digg me down for linking if you want, but I've never made a penny from this "invention", just thought you might be interested.
- Sirlolalot, on 09/05/2008, -1/+4This is not the channel i am looking for, Alright move along!
- TheSnuffster, on 09/05/2008, -1/+4These aren't the TV shows you're looking for.
- drakenlot, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2Did it at least help you graduate?
- StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -2/+4Great idea, because I don't already have to keep the remote away from the toddler to stop him turning Top Gear off.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2Obviously this was created without the porn watcher in mind.
- andyb747, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2So this really isnt a ' how to '
- Foenetik, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2now where the hell did I leave the remote?
- wizawuza, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2"How to change channel by simply waving your hand"
yeah, it's called a wife. - TheKorn2, on 09/05/2008, -1/+3Oh great, now when people masturbate the TV is going to have epileptic fits between playing and pausing!
- DoctorGumbo, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2Should be called 'How to look like an idiot in the comfort of your own home'
- veriix, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2How about gps tracking of your remote instead?
wife: honey, where's the remote?
husband: I don't know *goes on computer*...ehhh, looks like the corner of 78th and main. - shadowspawn, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2There was this old sci-fi story called "Prisoner In The Skull" I read as a kid. I went hell-bent and tried to make a wall switch like this. Almost got it perfect. I wonder if it would make money nowadays.
- monoa, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2So was typing 'the' and 'is'. Apathy FTW.
- drakenlot, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2So you want the channel to change about every 5 secs? That's just moronic.
Now, using brainwaves, that's cool. All you do is think about the channel you want, there it is. - vilago, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2yes
- somon90, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Just what I thought when I saw this...
- FlyingPhotog, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Having to get up would defeat the purpose.
- gord, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Dupe: http://digg.com/gadgets/Hand_gesture_TV_could_kill ...
- andyc, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Yeah, got a distinction and prize for best in year, so I felt I'd got my value out of the project.
@plnegative1: I wouldn't buy one either, but thought it had potential use in public spaces, operating theatres etc. as user doesn't have to physically touch any electrical components to operate it. It's actually kind of fun.
Demo video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afPGW6-XQ-4 -
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