Japanese researchers at Okasa University have come up with a way in which you can control your iPod simply by clenching your teeth.
The headgear consists of a bunch of infrared sensors and a microcomputer. In tests, grinding the right side of your teeth starts and stops your iPod whereas gring the left side of your teeth allows you to skip through songs. You also have to activate the system by clenching your teeth for more than a second so that the headgear doesn’t confuse your commands with chewing or talking.
By using a system like this you will never have to take your iPod out of your pocket again (except to charge it). Researchers say that this will help reduce theft rates, although thieves may just decide to steal your headgear instead.
Researchers have also used the same system to allow navigation through a powerpoint presentation. They believe that this technology could eventually be used to control mobile phones, wheelchairs and other electronics. I think I’d like a bit of practise before I go wheeling down the street in a wheelchair though…
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