Software Allows For Simplified Hand Gestures To Manage Drone, Internet of Things

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Mark Melin
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A development out of Taiwan illuminates how computers and human control might integrate with one another in the future, as researchers have developed an algorithm for controlling a drone from an Apple Watch. What makes the development so unique is the ease of use and its integration to manage other household devices, bringing simplicity to the powerful Internet of Things trend. Hand gestures enable management of drone as if controlled by “the force” Previously drones were controlled with complex technology and operating a drone required reasonably sophisticated controls. But a new technology developed by researchers at PVD+, a technology and…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.