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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

IEEE Spectrum [ieee.org]:

Tired of trying to tap icons on small smartwatch screens? Some day you could just swipe right through the air above them thanks to miniaturized radar technology [imec-int.com] and its accompanying gesture recognition technology in development at imec [imec-int.com], the Belgium-based R&D center.

Imec’s radar chips operate at around 145 GHz, well above the bands used for car radar. That high up in the electromagnetic spectrum, the chip can take advantage of a full 10 gigahertz of bandwidth, which leads to millimeter-scale resolution, its inventors say.

“Gestures allow a lot of capabilities where screens are becoming too small for fine movements,” says Kathleen Philips [linkedin.com], program director for IoT at imec. “Radar is great for measuring movement; this particular radar is great for measuring micromovements.”

If they combine this technology with a wand that must be swept in precise patterns, they will be richer than God.

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