Use mobile device gestures

Elliptic Labs, a startup company in Norway, is talking to Asian mobile device makers about the kind of microchips that can help users control their smartphones or tablets.

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According to the BBC, Elliptic Labs' ICs use sound waves to translate user's hand movements into commands.

Hand-held recognition systems can only distinguish small-scale movements that are difficult to integrate into small screen devices such as cell phones.

Elliptic Labs designers say their ultrasonic ICs can detect any gestures that are made in the 180 degree range. Thus, in the case of a phone or tablet, the Norwegian system provides a wide range of operation and has a range of up to 1m.