Two university students and their professor have created smartphone software that allows people with hand tremors to use touchscreens accurately.
According to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 11 million people have cerebral palsy globally, an additional 10 million have Parkinson's Disease and with an aging population there is growing demand for a solution.
It was a situation noted by two of the university's students - Aviva Dayan and Ido Elad - and their Professor Yuval Kochman who went on to develop a potentially "life-changing", but yet-to-be-named, tremor absorbing software which could open up touchscreen technology to millions of people.
[...] Dayan describes the software as a "translation programme" which intercepts and "listens" to the shaky screen touches, cancelling out the "noise" of the tremors for the operating system to understand and act upon without delay.
[...] Dayan says: "As far as the user is concerned, they just press the icons on the screen, and the computer works just the same as it works for anyone else."
This looks to be an invaluable piece of software to keep older people connected to their friends and family.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @03:44AM
My fingers are too wide for smartphone keyboards when in portrait mode. Can this tech help that?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @03:49AM
Sext and masturbate with the same hand!
(Score: 2, Interesting) by nethead on Monday December 05 2016, @04:15AM
So now I can actually adjust the heater when I'm not on a smooth highway?
How did my SN UID end up over 3 times my /. UID?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @10:24AM
I can't wait for the update to hit. The touch screen steering on my car is going to be even more amazing than it already is!
(Score: 3, Interesting) by FatPhil on Monday December 05 2016, @12:51PM
If you chose the right UI elements, you don't need to solve the problem of noise on the mechanical side of the interface, the interface will naturally be immune.
Oh, but then it wouldn't be all modern and swipey and wasting real-estate and immersive and compelling and inefficient and all the other bullshit UX designers are foisting upon the world.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday December 05 2016, @01:37PM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 3, Informative) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday December 05 2016, @05:41PM
just recently it's been so bad in my left hand that it interferes with my typing.
Interestingly, playing piano for a while calms the tremor.
This is known as "Parkinsonism". Not really parkinsons but it looks like it.
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(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @06:26PM
jew created software (in java) that runs a small mathematical function (stolen from goy) and then the jew tells everyone of how a university full of jews created software.
Provides nothing of value. jews should stick with what they do best: steal money and call it their own; murder innocents and play victim among all the crimes the jew commits. Do not post these stories. The only reason anyone would want to comment is to make fun of the "inventions" of jews.