How to track a motion of a hand with Arduino?

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Hi,

I would like to track motion with an Arduino, i.e. in an x-y-z space. But I am unsure how to get started. The context that I want to control the way music is modulated later by motion, but as first step, I just want to draw curves of a moving hand.

I could buy an old analog joystick from Ebay, but what would be best to read the (analog ?) signals with Arduino? Maybe this project has been done already too?

Thanks!

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Google. Arduino cannot track hand movements on it’s own. You will need something more powerful. Google your thread title to get the answers.

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We had the honor of getting to meet this kid who created a sign language translating glove using an Arduino an a few sensors. It was outstanding. He did some amazing work for being as young as he was at the time, and it looks like he is continuing to innovate!

http://www.romanakozak.com/sign-language-translator/

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An Air Mouse ?

http://www.gizmag.com/airmouse-wearable-mouse/13993/

Or an IMU …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbhqtMaiN40

Or …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57S3dylfw3I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K85y8_-k-3c

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Thanks, a light-theremin looks like the project I was looking for (to increase my skills).

The SudoGlove looks great too, but rather at an advanced stage!