[sci.virtual-worlds] VR sans da glove

frerichs@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David J Frerichs) (12/01/90)

A query and a bit of wonderment...

a compadre of mine just remembered a show he saw on PBS (possibly NOVA) about
8 yrs ago where a researcher at MIT was translating the movements (gestures)
of his hand to a robot hand.  Apparently, he accomplished this feat without
a dataglove or other such device... he used sensors taped to the forearm
to sense the electric charges and patterns in the nerves that go to the hand.
...

now I think that is a beauty of an unobtrusive design.

the problem is, we have no idea where to start on finding info on the project.
-any ideas anyone-

-dfRERICHS
Univ of IL/CU
Dept of CompEng                 it's nice not to need a disclaimer.