World's First Eye-Controlled Laptop Developed by Lenovo and Tobii

A portable computing system designed specifically to cater to the needs of people with various motion-related impairments is something that could really come in handy for the aforementioned category, and it seems that Lenovo and Tobii have decided to make this dream come true.

So, at CeBIT 2011, in Hannover, Germany, the two companies jointly showcased a fully-functional prototype of a portable computing system equipped with Tobii's special eye-tracking technology, that enables users to control various applications using nothing but the movement of their eyes.

As the two companies inform us, the level of integration between their respective technologies is quite impressive, users being able to zoom-in on center on the area they're looking at, or even swiftly change between the open windows or browse one's emails and documents.

Moreover, based on one's specific eye movement, the notebook will apparently be able to adjust some of its overall functionality as well, such as the display's brightness level, just to give an example, thus leading to a higher level of overall power efficiency during normal use.

According to the two companies, for starters, Lenovo and Tobii have co-developed 20 test/demo units of this fully-functional prototype, that they'll use for demo/showcase purposes.

However, we're pretty sure that, should they get a positive feedback following their marketing activities (and we're quite sure that this will be in fact the case, given the fact that the number of people all over the world who would benefit quite a lot from the functional advantages provided by such a system is actually very large).

Of course, no details regarding the possible pricing of the eye-controlled notebook from Lenovo have been provided thus far, but, given the fact that it incorporates the eye-tracking tech from Tobii, it will most likely be a bit more expensive than regular portable systems.