Wireless carrier tests eye controls for electronics

June 25, 2008 By YURI KAGEYAMA , AP Business Writer Wireless carrier tests eye controls for electronics

A monitor displays an image of the photographer as seen through the camera mounted on the special headphones NTT DoCoMo researcher Hiroyuki Manabe wears during a demonstration at the company's research center in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The headphones contain sensors and chips that detect electrical current produced by movements of the wearer\'s eyeballs. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

(AP) -- Rolling your eyes to turn up the volume of a portable music player and tapping your fingers to turn on a DVD player are among technologies Japan's top mobile carrier is testing for "wearable" gadgets.

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