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• 02 Dec 08
  

  Jan Nordgreen

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• 18 Aug 08
  

  chasejw

  • It's nearly 40 years old but one leading research company says the days of the computer mouse are numbered. 

    A Gartner analyst predicts the demise of the computer mouse in the next three to five years.  

    Taking over will be so called gestural computer mechanisms like touch screens and facial recognition devices.
  • "The mouse works fine in the desktop environment but for home entertainment or working on a notebook it's over," declared analyst Steve Prentice.

  • "You've got Panasonic showing forward facing video in the home entertainment environment. Instead of using a conventional remote control you hold up your hand and it recognises you have done that," he said.  

    "It also recognises your face and that you are you and it will display on your TV screen your menu. You can move your hand to move around and select what you want," he added.  

    "Sony and Canon and other video and photographic manufacturers are using face recognition that recognises your face in real time," he said. "And it recognises even when you smile."  

    "You even have emotive systems where you can wear a headset and control a computer by simply thinking and that's a device set to hit the market in September."  

    "This" Mr Prentice said, "is all about using computer power to do things smarter."  

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• 11 Aug 08
  

  Ricardo Sato

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• 31 Jul 08
  

  Gosia Stergios

  A Gartner analyst predicts the demise of the computer mouse in the next three to five years. Taking over will be so called gestural computer mechanisms like touch screens and facial recognition devices.

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• 30 Jul 08
  

  Maga Fa

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• 25 Jul 08
  

  k b

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  • A Gartner analyst predicts the demise of the computer mouse in the next three to five years.  

    Taking over will be so called gestural computer mechanisms like touch screens and facial recognition devices.  
  • Panasonic showing forward facing video in the home entertainment environment.
  • Sony and Canon and other video and photographic manufacturers are using face recognition that recognises your face in real time,
  • millions are already doing it thanks to machines like Nintendo's Wii and smartphones like the iPhone.
  • the keyboard will remain the primary text input device," he said. "Nothing is easily going to replace it. But the idea of a keyboard with a mouse as a control interface is the paradigm that I am talking about breaking down.

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• 18 Jul 08
  

  Jimmy Baikovicius

  You've got Panasonic showing forward facing video in the home entertainment environment. Instead of using a conventional remote control you hold up your hand and it recognises you have done that,"

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• 17 Jul 08
  

  Michele Notari

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  Alan McCluskey

  Via a BBC article, a Gartner analyst predicts the demise of the computer mouse in the next three to five years due to touch screens and facial recognition devices.

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