Wacky Wireless News: Control Mobile Device with Your Eyes?

Posted on Mar 23rd 2015

Do you ever wish you didn’t have to use your hands to scroll through a long news report or company email on your phone? It might be too cold outside to remove your hands from the warmth of your pockets, or maybe you’re just too lazy to lift a finger. Out of the pages of a dystopian sci-fi novel comes a new technology that may finally free us from the limitations of our own hands. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to the Eye Tracker.

A company called The Eye Tribe recently unveiled a technology that enables eye control of tablets and smartphones. It’s a solution that apparently solves the ongoing issue of phone-related finger injuries that have grown rampant in the western world. The package, which includes a software kit and eye tracker, detects the subtle motion of your eye to scroll up and down and side to side on the screen.

Not since the days of the Hands-free Whopper Holder has there been a product that purposely eliminates the use of one’s hands for what seems like a pointless reason. On the other hand, now business users can use their hands for more important things - like eating lunch with proper utensils while reading over the latest department meeting agenda.