Samsung unveils eye-tracking mouse
26 Nov 2014
Samsung recently unveiled an eye-tracking mouse, dubbed as EYECAN+, which allows people with disabilities to control their computers with a blink of an eye.
With the company's second-generation EYECAN+ users are not required to wear any equipment or be in any specific position, it worked when users were positioned approximately 2 feet away from the monitor, according to ABC News.
The portable box, which is positioned below a computer monitor allows users to surf the internet, write and edit documents.
According to Samsung, the company did not intend to sell the system and it would donate the limited quantity to charity organisations.
However, the technology and design would shortly be made open source, allowing other groups and companies free rein to commercialise the eye mouse.
Meanwhile, the South Korean electronics giant had secured a licence to invest $3 billion on expanding its production in northern Vietnam, Reuters reported.
The licence was awarded on 17 November in Thai Nguyen province, where Samsung Electronics had been operating a $2 billion smartphone plant, the government said in a statement issued late on Monday. It gave no further details of the project.
According to Samsung Electronics, it planned to invest up to $3 billion for its handset business in Vietnam as part of its strategy aimed at cutting costs to better compete with Chinese rivals.
