When Hollywood directors attempt to depict the future of PC interfaces, they come up with everything from voice-controlled supercomputers to holographic keyboards. But one very famous fictional interface, the touchless finger-to-glass-display controls shown in Minority Report, just took a giant leap into the real world thanks to the work of developers at Microsoft Research. Digits is a wrist-mounted sensor device that allows the wearer to manipulate—with fingertip accuracy—everything from on-screen characters, guns within computer games, and a myriad of controls within software programs on music players and television sets. Read the full story at PC Mag.
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Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.