A new system makes it possible to guide the computer mouse with your eyes. The technology is designed to facilitate the task of maintenance technicians and make it easier for paraplegics to work at the PC. A software program interprets the user’s pupil movements.
The “Eye-Controlled Interaction” system (EYCIN) developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO in Stuttgart in cooperation with industrial partners tracks the human user’s eye movement and transmits it to the mouse pointer on the monitor. A camera observes the movement of the pupils from a distance of up to one meter; a software program calculates and transfers the coordinates of the area viewed. It all happens so quickly that the mouse pointer moves smoothly.
The engineers have invested a tremendous amount of meticulous work in the new eye-controlled interaction system. One of the problems they faced were the miniature jerk-like movements, or microsaccades, that the eye constantly makes.

Computers have significantly improved productivity. Most of us cannot even imagine to go back to paper trail days. But are we really using the power of computers effectively?
We perform so many repetitive tasks on computers today. Thousands of clicks and keystrokes everyday, doing the same things, again and again. In some ways it is like going back to those paper trail days. Different repetitive tasks with a different tool, but the same inefficiencies. For many of us we don’t even realize the number of repetitive tasks we perform. These everyday tasks take up quite a bit of our time. Not to mention the many computer users suffering from repetitive injuries.

It is about time for us to join the next step in the evolution of productivity improvement. Let computers do many of these repetitive tasks for us. Often we can automate 10% to 70% of what we do on computers. All it requires is our willingness to recognize many tasks as repetitive and a desire to work smartly.
A handful of software that you use currently may offer some kind of a feature to automate it. Check the software you are using to see if it provides these features. Alternatively you can download the leading Computer Automation software, Workspace Macro Pro or Automation Anywhere.