"When I'm with someone, we watch something on TV. But when they leave, I have to watch whatever's on," describes Jimmy Curran, a Philadelphia-based research analyst and writer who has spinal muscular atrophy.
Curran is the star of a video released by Comcast, in which the media corporation shows how its new remote control with eye tracking can make everyday life easier for people with physical disabilities, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or muscular dystrophy.
any user to change channels using only their belgium phone number eyeballs. It doesn't require sophisticated hardware or expensive equipment : all you need is an eye-tracker, a tablet or computer and Comcast's Xfinity X1 Cloud DVR device, connected to the internet.
For people like Curran, who says he has lived independently since college but still needs help with certain things, this means he can change channels, browse Netflix or turn off the TV on his own from his wheelchair, simply by looking at icons on the screen.