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New Prototype Heralds Eye-Controlled Mobiles A prototype for a very new kind of mobile phone has been unveiled by NTT DoCoMo at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress. It is for a mobile phone which users can control with their eyes.

Not only will users be able to make and receive calls using their eyes but will they will also be able to play music on their device. Eye movements can be picked up by special electrodes which are attached to a set of earphones.

It seems that eyes possess “electrical potential” which is positive at the cornea and negative at the retina. This electrical potential can change according to the movement of the eyeball and applies even when the person is asleep, according to The Daily Telegraph.

A user of this new device will be able to make or receive a call just by moving their eyes from right to left and vice versa. This is because the mobile phone is pre-programmed to translate into a command the information from this eye movement.

In the same way, eyeball movement is able to play or pause music that is stored on the user’s mobile phone. If the user moves their eye right and then left, they will be able to play or stop a track. Moving the eyes right and right again will cause the music to skip to the next track.

Volume can be turned up by moving the eyes up, right, then down and then left, whereas turning it down can be achieved by rotating the eyes anti-clockwise.

Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo said that the new system, though presently only a prototype “will provide an insight into the future”.


Industry News posted by Albert Reeves on 19 February 2010

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That sounds tiresome to the eyes.

Comment posted by Anonymous on 19/02/2010 18:01:41

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Yep, will never pick up.

Comment posted by Anonymous on 27/02/2010 18:20:34

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