Eye-controlled phone unveiled

It's the EYEphone. Get it? The EYEphone. Nothing? Fuck you




Special electrodes, attached to a set of earphones, are able to pick up the movement of the eye. Eyes have "electrical potential" - positive at the cornea and negative at the retina - and this electrical potential changes depending on the movement of the eyeball. The system works even when a person's eyes are closed.

The earphone electrodes are able to read these changing currents - known as an electrooculogram - and the mobile phone is pre-programmed to translate that information in to a command. So a user can make or receive a call, simply by moving their eyes to the right, then to the left, then back to the right again.

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