What’s next after touchscreens? Touchless devices.

I read an interesting article today about how 10 years ago we probably didn’t imagine to have touchscreens as a standard for phones today. Then the article mentioned the next development, which is touchless devices. Think Kinect, but then for phones… I must say, it sounds attractive for in the car. What do you guys think?

If you mean it sounds attractive for the driver/operator of the vehicle, I think the driver should be thinking about driving.

Greg Brannon wrote:If you mean it sounds attractive for the driver/operator of the vehicle, I think the driver should be thinking about driving.

I agree with you on that. But drivers still call/text.. and it's an increasing problem. Wouldn't this be a good solution?

It is still a potential cause of accidents; a no-touch device will not reduce the risk.

xiaoxi Han wrote: I read an interesting article today about how 10 years ago we probably didn’t imagine to have touchscreens as a standard for phones today. Then the article mentioned the next development, which is touchless devices. Think Kinect, but then for phones… I must say, it sounds attractive for in the car. What do you guys think?

Probably the next generation for phone is Sixth Sense Technology.
What do you say Guys?

Samrat

Maybe eye tracker screens?

It would be nice if there was a program, if one doesn't already exist, that could transcribe text through voice recognition. Then texting would be no different than having a conversation with the person in the passenger seat.

In regards to the original question: I think touchless devices are a possibility. That, or even better touchscreen technology.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking

I don't think that a driver who is wildly gesticulating at his phone is any safer than one touching it.

My car GPS has voice commands. Its vocabulary is limited, but it works pretty well. It also serves as a voice-controlled hands-free phone. Very handy. (Well, not handy, so to speak.)

Yeah, I think Google has already something like that too for their newest Android phones. Although I've tried it on a phone of my friends and it really is a matter of luck sometimes whether it transcribes correctly or not...