New device allows disabled people to draw on a computer using only their eyes

[Playinghardball]

French researcher has built a device allowing disabled people to write or draw on a computer screen using only their eyes, a report said Thursday.

With head-mounted cameras monitoring their eye movements, test subjects were able to write and draw on a blank computer screen in the latest breakthrough for people trapped in immobility by disease or accident.

“For persons deprived of limb movement, this offers a fast, creative and personal means of linguistic and emotional expression,” said the report by Jean Lorenceau of France’s CNRS research institute.

Lorenceau’s system, still just a prototype, compensates for saccadic, or jumpy, eye movements to allow a smooth writing style.

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[HopeHoops]

1. I read about that. I'm not sure how effective it is, but it's a good start.