Whether they are texting, tweeting or e-mailing, the potentially negative effects that this activity may have on language development, social interaction and emotional bonding of their children have been raised by social psychologists in the past decade.

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EBay labs employs economists, machine learning and machine vision experts, data miners, natural language processors and human computer interaction specialists.

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"The breakthrough UI defines a new language for human-device interaction that is built ground-up for eye-free operation, " said Boaz Zilberman, chief executive officer of Project RAY.

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One major hurdle is that the language of machine-plus-human interaction has not yet begun to be developed.

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Advanced Smart Interaction allows consumers to use everyday language and casual gestures to control the TV.

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Smart Interaction has also been upgraded with the ability to recognize natural language use (such as full phrases) as well as more casual hand movement (like swiping to change screens).

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