SoundWave, a joint project of UW CSE and Microsoft Research, is featured in Popular Mechanics. Hey, Shwetak is a licensed plumber and electrician, and worked on his own car in high school – what could be more natural?
“Though using the Doppler effect to track human gestures has been around for a decade, it had always required customized equipment. SoundWave eliminates the need for any specialized hardware, requiring only basic technology.”