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CNRS RELEASE

http://www2.cnrs.fr/presse/communique/2727.htm

Paris, 26 July 2012

A new device for writing with eyes. A new device for drawing and writing through eye movements has been developed by a CNRS researcher at the Centre de recherche de l'institut du cerveau et de la moelle épinière (CNRS / UPMC / Inserm). As if it was a pen, the user can trace letters, numbers, shapes, signature, and even make drawings with his gaze through a very simple technique including an eye tracker (1) and a computer screen. This performance is based on a visual illusion that enables the eyes to draw smooth and clear trajectories after a few hours of training. This system could improve the life conditions of patients with limbs paralysis. This work was published on the 26 th July, 2012 in the Current Biology journal.

Science

www.sciencemag.org/

Published on 26 July 2012

Write to Me Only With Thine Eyes. People "locked in" by paralyzing disorders such as Lou Gehrig's disease have long relied on blinks or facial twitches to build sentences one letter at a time. But they soon might be able to take advantage of a simpler, faster mode of communication, new research suggests. With the help of an old optical illusion, people can train their eyes to write and draw in cursive on a computer screen as quickly as they can write with a pen. In addition to providing a new medium for self-expression, the technique challenges traditional ideas about the limits of human vision.

ScienceDaily

www.sciencedaily.com/

Published on 26 July 2012

Eye-Writing Technology: Writing in Cursive With Your Eyes Only

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dCvxnnxZd8

National Geographic France
Demonstration of writing with the eyes

France 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VG7quTCefg


Discover a video that aired on France 2, a french tv channel, about eye writing thanks to an eye tracking system.

MyScienceWork

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-3EhmdDP-c
Published on Oct 8, 2012


A new technique allowing cursive writing using only eye movements received much attention this past summer when the study was published in Current Biology. In this video abstract, Jean Lorenceau of France's National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), who works at the Center for Research of the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière (CRICM) in Paris, describes how his system works. Relying on a special flickering screen display, an eye tracker, and a visual illusion, the technique makes smooth eye movements possible, which are necessary for writing. This technique may have benefits for patients suffering from paralysis, letting them express themselves more freely, in their own written style, and providing a unique creative outlet.

Science et Avenir

http://sciencesetavenir.nouvelobs.com


The team of the researcher Jean Lorenceau (CNRS) has developed a method for tracing letters, numbers or even draw with simple a glance.

100% MAG

http://www.m6replay.fr

Emission of the March 21

Thanks to their inventions, they beautify disabled people's life!

Handirect

http://www.handirect.fr/rubriques/a-la-une/ecrire-dessiner-avec-yeux,9635.html


A French researcher has developed a system for writing and drawing on a computer screen through eye movements. This invention will notably improve paralyzed people's communication. An experiment is being conducted in Paris in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com

A scientist studying optical illusions discovered a way that people can write with their eyes in cursive script on a computer monitor—an innovation that could help severely disabled people communicate more freely, and potentially lead to visual-control systems for pilots, drivers and surgeons

Le Parisien

http://www.leparisien.fr/magazine/grand-angle/idee-neuve-ecrire-avec-les-yeux-c-est-possible-05-11-2012-2293765.php

New idea: "writing with the eyes, it is possible"
Jean Lorenceau designed a system that allows the eye to trace fluidly and regular letters. A hope for people with disabilities.

VivreFM

http://www.vivrefm.com/infos/lire/414


A French researcher has developed a system to cursive writing and drawing on a computer screen using only eye movements, a step forward that could take out from the silence many people with severe disabilities.

The Indian Express

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/paralysed-patients-could-soon-write-just-with-their-eyes/980215/

New technology, which traces the pupils as they "draw" the shape of letters, could make it possible for paralysed patients to use their eyes to project handwriting onto a screen. -

See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/paralysed-patients-could-soon-write-just-with-their-eyes/980215/#sthash.4rcyJIyG.dpuf

Herald

http://www.herald.ie/news/how-paralysed-patients-could-write-again-using-their-eyes-28013809.html


PARALYSED patients could use their eyes to project handwriting onto a screen thanks to new technology which traces the pupils as they "draw" the shapes of letters.

Zeenews

http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/paralysed-patients-could-soon-write-just-with-their-eyes_18087.html

London: New technology, which traces the pupils as they “draw” the shape of letters, could make it possible for paralysed patients to use their eyes to project handwriting onto a screen.