{"67675":{"#nid":"67675","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Hand Gestures Replace Buttons in Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA group of researchers at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech want to do away with the keyboard. They\u0027ve designed a wristwatch that recognizes hand gestures and uses them for touch-free control of electronic devices such as MP3 players, cell phones, and home appliances. The technology could also be used by a doctor to control a medical device during an operation. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2011-06-17 11:35:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:24:51","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Application Cycle","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/dsc.discovery.com\/news\/2007\/07\/17\/gesturewatch_tec.html?category=technology","dateline":{"date":"2007-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}