James Gips (died June 10, 2018)[1] was an American technologist, academic, and author based in Boston.
[3][4] Gips has written on a variety of topics including ethical robots, shape grammars and aesthetics.
In 1979, while still teaching at Boston College, Gips joined Harvard University Summer School as an associate professor and taught there until 1983.
In 1993, Gips along with Peter Olivieri and Joseph Tecce developed EagleEyes, a technology that allows disabled people to use a mouse pointer on a computer screen just by moving their eyes.
[11] While working on a successor for EagleEyes, Gips and Margrit Betke thought of a program that would allow people to use a mouse with the movement of their head.