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dvice.com - 11/27/2008

Gesture-controlled light switch works by sliding a finger toward the light

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We like the idea of fancy light switches , the cheapest, easiest way to modernize a room with eye-catching tech . Now here's a design concept that takes light switches into the next dimension, giving you trackpad-like control in a touch-sensitive switchplate. The square switch you see ...

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Gesture-controlled Light Switch
Coolest Gadgets — ... a circular motion can control the lights, presumably to dim them. There are even plans to use the touch-sensitive controls for climate control. Of course, you realize that this touch sensitive pad won’t solve the problem we all have of which switch controls which light. I think I have a row of four on my wall, and I always forget which one is the hall light. Something tells me this touch-sensitive pad will make things a little more confusing, at least at first. Source ...

Conceptual gesture-based light switch
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... In a world of knobs, buttons and switches, this gesture-based light switch seems like a major evolution: it can control multiple lights at once, with a flick of the finger shutting them on and off, while a circular motion dims. It doesn't say if an insistent tapping would initiate rave mode, though. Alas, it's only a concept for now, but I suspect we'll see these for real sooner or later. User Interface Concept Light Switch [Pet Invention via DVICE]