Imagine a world where using your computer is as easy as talking with your best friend.  Speak, gesture, walk around, point at something that interests you -- the computer hears you and sees and responds to your every wish.  It's called "natural computing" and IBM Research is working to make it reality. 

Limitations in today's computing interaction
Today we interact with computers in awkward and unnatural ways. We sift through countless instructions, press buttons, and fumble with gadgets, when what we really want to do is create, communicate, entertain, and understand. What we don't want is all the laborious typing, clicking, and memorizing arcane commands. 

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