U OF T IN THE NEWS
- Professor Daniel Wigdor is part of a research team developing ShoeSense, a wearable device that will facilitate communication between individuals and their computer.
Toronto Star | May 14, 2012
Control your smart phone with your shoe
An international team of researchers including one Toronto professor have created a shoe-mounted smart phone controller they hope will surmount a basic problem with wearable computers: Nobody really wants to wear them... Read more here
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