TOKYO: Samsung Electronics corporation developed a new mouse that can help people with disabilities type, where they can use internet without the use of hands.
The product EYECAN+ where user’s eye movements zoom in or activate another of 18 basic computer functions, with a blink of the eye used to register a click of the mouse to either copy, paste, and select all.The current EYECAN+ doesn’t need the user to wear headset.
Samsung won’t sell the EYECAN+ device commercially, but will instead manufacture a limited number to donate to charities.
Samsung senior engineer Park Jung hoon said that there was room for the company’s typical commercial work to borrow technology from its socially minded work, and vice versa. Mr. Park added that the company’s current interest in virtual reality headsets, including the launch in September of a Gear VR device, could also find an alternative use in its work with disabled people.
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