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A New Product Controls Your Smart Home with a Wave of Your Finger

Thanks to advanced image-recognition software, a new product called Singlecue can read the subtle movements of a single finger to dim the lights, change the channel, and more. Singelcue hit the market last week and promises to bring control of multiple smart (and old-fashioned) household devices—quite literally—at your finger tips.

Developed by eyeSight Technologies Ltd., a developer of machine vision and gesture-recongition software, Singlecue could consolidate control of multiple smart home systems with a single control: your finger. It retails for $199 (plus shipping) is available for purchase through their website.

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The other half was visual and graphic: Singlcue's developers had to design a simple, universal set of symbols to represent standard commands such as lower volume, pause video, skip ahead. Finger-waves toggle this menu of symbols seen on the Singlecue's small digital screen.
The other half was visual and graphic: Singlcue's developers had to design a simple, universal set of symbols to represent standard commands such as lower volume, pause video, skip ahead. Finger-waves toggle this menu of symbols seen on the Singlecue's small digital screen.
While devices like Microsoft's Kinect need to detect your movement in three dimensions—thereby needing some advanced hardware—Singlecue uses relatively simple cameras. The marvel is its image recognition: it can pick out a single finger against every color, texture, and object in its field of view. To avoid confusion, the Singlecue stays fixed on the first finger it sees and resets once that finger is put down. The current model has a 35° field of vision though future models will have 70°.
While devices like Microsoft's Kinect need to detect your movement in three dimensions—thereby needing some advanced hardware—Singlecue uses relatively simple cameras. The marvel is its image recognition: it can pick out a single finger against every color, texture, and object in its field of view. To avoid confusion, the Singlecue stays fixed on the first finger it sees and resets once that finger is put down. The current model has a 35° field of vision though future models will have 70°.
Singlcue's app lets users set up their hardware, add new devices, customize their settings, and run through tutorials.
Singlcue's app lets users set up their hardware, add new devices, customize their settings, and run through tutorials.