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"A Norwegian technology company is bringing touchless gesture controls to Windows 8 devices. \nThe company, Elliptic Labs, launched a series of tools to help electronics companies enable a hands-free control feature into their products (think: Tom Cruise's computer in Minority Report). \n\nSEE ALSO: Make 3D Holograms With an XBox Kinect [VIDEO]\nThe technology is similar to that of the Xbox Kinect, which uses cameras to detect motion. Elliptic's technology, however, uses ultrasound and microphones, which give the synched devices a wider field of view, is more responsive to gestures and doesn't require lights to work, the company said. \nElliptic said Windows 8 is just the starting point and announced plans to get its technology to other products. The company is also considering bringing the tech to tablets and smartphones. \nWatch the video above to learn more. Would you use this on your computer? How about your smartphone? Let us know.   \nImage courtesy of Flickr, CollegeDegree360\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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