Controlling gadgets and computers by making hand gestures may be a future technology trend. CNET reports that Toshiba has been showing off a PC that is operated by hand gestures and Hitachi has a fountain that is operated with the wave of a wand.
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.
As CNET mentions in the article, it does sound like the Wii will inspire a new wave of gadgets operated by motion and hand signals.
