Jaguar Land Rover and the University of Cambridge are working on new touchscreen technology that eliminates the need to touch the screen. It’s called “predictive touch” for now, in part because the system is able to predict what you might be aiming for on the screen.

According to the University of Cambridge: “The technology uses machine intelligence to determine the item the user intends to select on the screen early in the pointing task, speeding up the interaction. It uses a gesture tracker, including vision-based or radio frequency-based sensors, which are increasingly common in consumer electronics; contextual information such as user profile, interface design, environmental conditions; and data available from other sensors, such as an eye-gaze tracker, to infer the user’s intent in real-time.”

Cambridge says it could be integrated into ATMs, airport check-in kiosks, grocery store self-checkouts, and more. In a world where we’re all paranoid about touching things, touchless interactions are sounding increasingly ideal.  According to the University of Cambridge’s press release, the software has reached “high technology readiness levels.” Basically, if Jaguar Land Rover wanted to integrate it into cars soon, it could. Existing touchscreens and interactive displays work with the tech, so it probably won’t be terribly long until this hits the market.