The finger is the new mouse in Japan. A whole raft of Japanese companies are showing off prototypes or upcoming products that users operate by making gestures or moving their fingers. Toshiba showed off a PC that you operate with hand gestures. Hitachi Metals had a product in their booth called "Magic Waters." You wave a wand and point it at a fountain and the waters jump, sort of like the fountain at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Sharp has a screen that will let phone manufacturers put on an iPhone-like interface. Citizen Watch showed off a glove that lets you control certain things. And Pioneer has a car navigation prototype that relies on finger gestures. Flick a 3D hologram-like image of a gas station pump and the car navigation system points out all of the gas stations in the vicinity. Chalk it up to Wii fever.http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9790323-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
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