A simple wave of your hand might let you turn the TV on and off, change channels or record a program, say researchers at Australasian CRC for Interaction Design who are developing a new remote control device.

The device clips onto your hand to operate the TV with simple hand gestures and short-range wireless technology. Specific gestures are still being developed but a palm-up or palm-down gesture could mean fast-forward and rewind, while hand-up could change the channel up and hand-down could change channels down. The TV mouse has sensors that measure the movement and orientation of the user’s hand and a thumb button to lock in commands.

The device could also be developed to control other digital household technology, such as microwaves, lights and air conditioning.

ACID has developed a prototype of the TV mouse and hopes to bring a product to market by the end of next year.

Via ABC.