{"51450":{"#nid":"51450","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hand Gestures Replace Buttons in Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA group of researchers at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech want to do \naway with the keyboard. They\u2019ve designed a wristwatch that recognizes \nhand gestures and uses them for touch-free control of electronic devices such as \nMP3 players, cell phones, and home appliances. The technology could also be used \nby a doctor to control a medical device during an operation. Source: Discovery Channel \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:43:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:53","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dsc.discovery.com\/news\/2007\/07\/17\/gesturewatch_tec.html?category=technology","title":"http:\/\/dsc.discovery.com\/news\/2007\/07\/17\/gesturewatch_tec.html?category=technology"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8443","name":"wearable_computing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}