To accomplish this, engineering research group National Instruments uses electrodes which measure voltage activity when a human's eyes move. As the voltage generated from eye movements is very weak, delicate measurements are required. Nevertheless, the engineers have𒉰 created working prototypes - look left or right and an object on the screen will move accordingly. Or, open your eyes wider to expand the view.

The technology likely has many medical a♉pplications (helping treat patients with 'lazy eyes' was noted), but National Instruments applications engineer Hunter Smith says he's also interested in applying it to videogames. The company has already developed a simplistic fli🔯ght simulation game controlled exclusively by eye movement.

The probability is low that the technology will be deployed to consumers as a gaming mওechanism on a large scale, but it could help disabled gamers effectively control games otherwise controlled with buttons, analog sticks, and body movements. And that's pretty cool.

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Feb 7, 2011