Sony has announced a set of pretty cool headphones, the Sony Ericsson MH907s, that can be controlled by simply removing them or placing them in your ears.To start the music playing, place both ear buds in your hears. To pause, remove one ear bud. To answer a phone call, remove both ear buds and then place one back in your ear.
I'm not exactly sure about the gestures - I might have designed it a little differently - but the idea that you can control the earphones by just removing them or putting them in place is awesome.
This is an example of NUI if there ever was one. In fact, I would probably categorize this as Tangible User Interface since the object being manipulated is also the object providing the information. Anyway, check out their funny video demonstrating how they work.
(Btw - I've been really busy developing an iPhone application for a client and haven't had time to write but I'll get back to regular posting next week)
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