Thursday, March 3, 2011

A compute for disabilities

Tobii, a Swedish technology company dedicated to improving the conditions of the disabled, presented at CeBIT with Lenovo, the Chinese manufacturer that acquired the PC division of IBM, a computer embedded in a 15-inch screen is controlled look. Have an operating system adapted to be controlled entirely with their eyes.

After a few seconds early to gauge the position of the user's eyes, there is an environment of large icons. The clicking is controlled staring. You can double-click a double flash. It is actually created an interface for this device that works on Windows 7 (though the user does not perceive).


In addition, the computer has inside a cell so lets make calls, send and receive SMS. Among shortcuts interface is a program for writing text, one for mail management and one for surfing the Internet with a customized version of Firefox. Any text on screen can be read aloud by a robotic voice, an interesting option for those who have lost speech.

Can also be used as a calculator, to draw or to review pictures stored in the device. If you want you can configure as a remote control television or stereo via the infrared port so the device becomes a center of media management and provides the patient with enough independence. Alex Schuh, sales of the company in Germany, explains that their product is having a particular acceptance in rehabilitation centers of patients with brain injuries and ALS patients.

The techniques of 'eye-tracking' (eye tracking) and were used experimentally with disabilities, as well as in studies of advertising in order to assess the value of hotspots web pages. In this computer in the writing of a text pointer movement and even the act of clicking is controlled only by sight.

The device is not intended to become a bestseller but an aid for those who can not move the body and need to communicate.

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