Eye-tracking tech to replace mouse within five years

Paul Raven @ 05-09-2007

eyeball close-upAs someone who started using computers back in the good old days when you had to bash every instruction into the keyboard at the command prompt, I still feel kind of grateful for the revolutionary interface change that the now-standard mouse brought with it. But after a few hours trawling the web, my right hand starts telling me that there has to be a better way. And there is, thanks to a bunch of boffins from Stanford University who’ve developed a system that allows you to replicate the functions of a mouse interface using a few keyboard hotkeys and the motion of your eyeballs.

What a great cover-up for hangovers in the workplace that will be - “Your eyes are bloodshot - heavy night out?” “Nah, stayed at home and read a Doctorow novel.” [Image by babygoldfish]

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