MICHELE NORRIS, Host: Imagine being able to write an email by getting out of your chair and - say, waving your hands. To send a message, pretend you're licking a stamp and putting it on an imaginary envelope. Well, Google announced just that on Friday, calling the breakthrough Gmail Motion.</s>U: Our bodies did not evolve to sit at a desk in a rigid position all day. And it is my feeling that Gmail Motion will free the regular user.</s>MICHELE NORRIS, Host: In a video they posted online, you can watch someone actually composing an email using body motion.</s>U: And so now, finally, the last step is, I want to send off this message. So I'm going to lick the stamp and send it. That's it.</s>MICHELE NORRIS, Host: The technology itself is still considered experimental, so don't throw out your keyboard or your office chair just yet.
On Friday, Google announced it would be offering gesture-driven email. Michele Norris says the news ended up being an April Fools' Day prank, but some California researchers may have the last laugh.