RE: Blog 1: Gesture controlled FM Radio - Introduction

DAB — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:32:37 GMT

Interesting project.

I am starting to warm up to this gesture device.

I was not sure that it was capable of complex gestures, so I am curious to see how you succeed.

RE: Blog 1: Gesture controlled FM Radio - Introduction

wolfgangfriedrich — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:21:09 GMT

I love this idea, and it reminded me of a section in my favourite book. Here is the quote:

"A loud clatter of gunk music flooded through the Heart of Gold cabin as Zaphod searched the sub-etha radio wave bands for news of himself. The machine was rather difficult to operate. For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive--you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure, of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same program.

Zaphod waved a hand and the channel switched again."

From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.