The FCC has given permission for Google to develop radar technology to control smart devices through gestures.
A Google sensor that allows users to control their smartphones using hand gestures has been given the green light by regulators.
The Alphabet-owned company is developing a radar-based motion sensing device known as Project Soli that it wants to fit into smart devices.
The technology allows users to control everything from smartphones to fitness trackers by pressing "invisible buttons" in mid-air.
"Imagine an invisible button between your thumb and index fingers – you can press it by tapping your fingers together," says Google.
"Or a virtual dial that you turn by rubbing thumb against index finger. Imagine grabbing and pulling a virtual slider in thin air. These are the kinds of interactions...
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