EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging DiseasesThe premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Gesture interface device developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev- June 16, 2008 (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Researchers at BGU in Israel have developed a new hand gesture recognition system, tested at a Washington, D.C., hospital, that enables doctors to manipulate digital images during medical procedures by motioning instead of touching a screen, which compromises sterility and could spread infection, according to the June article in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/buot-gid061508.php |