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A Norwegian technology company is bringing touchless gesture controls to Windows 8 devices.
The company, Elliptic Labs, launched a series of tools to help electronics companies enable a hands-free control feature into their products (think: Tom Cruise's computer in Minority Report).
The technology is similar to that of the Xbox Kinect, which uses cameras to detect motion. Elliptic's technology, however, uses ultrasound and microphones, which give the synched devices a wider field of view, is more responsive to gestures and doesn't require lights to work, the company said.
Elliptic said Windows 8 is just the starting point and announced plans to get its technology to other products. The company is also considering bringing the tech to tablets and smartphones.
Watch the video above to learn more. Would you use this on your computer? How about your smartphone? Let us know.