There are a number of ways to control an automobile without using the pedals, and sometimes even without using the steering wheel. Most commonly these alternative control mechanisms are installed in ...

Voice control of the environment has already entered many people’s lives though the latest remotes or smart home devices such as the Amazon Alexa. On Feb. 15, 2018, Google filed two patents for what ...

Gesture controls have been big in video games like Wii Sports for a while, and now they’re coming to toys. Williamsburg, Virginia-based Ultigesture is launching a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign ...

BMW is sure to wow at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week. That's when, according to Digital Trends, the luxury automaker will reveal its Vision Car concept, which centers ...

Car companies tell us the buttons on your dashboard are soon to be replaced with pinches and swipes. Some are already pushing even further with touch screens you don't actually touch. Let's look ...

Autonomous cars are changing all of the rules, so ZF decided to go full "Pimp My Ride" by putting a 7-inch touchscreen with gesture control into a steering wheel. German automotive technology firm ZF ...

It’s generally understood that most vehicles that humans interact with on a daily basis are used with some kind of hand controlled interface. However, this build from [Avisha Kumar] and [Leul Tesfaye] ...

In movies, the fastest way to convey a futuristic world is by giving characters the power to control their environment with a simple wave of the hand. Gesture control isn’t ubiquitous yet, but the ...