Skinput gadget turns your own ARM into a touchscreen display
Those who find the touchscreens on their ever shrinking gadgets too fiddly to handle, will be glad to hear scientists are developing a new touch surface... your own arm. Developers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University are working together to create an armband that projects an interface directly on to your skin. They have combined a mini projector which creates a changing display with a sophisticated sensor that can tell which part of your arm is being tapped.
That tetris part and the part in the end was pretty cool.
Re: Skinput
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:44 pm
by evilpeta
Re: Skinput
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:15 pm
by *BlackFox
Oh dear!
Re: Skinput
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:39 pm
by klokus
it's in a very early fase... don't expect it to come out soon...
Re: Skinput
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:54 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
klokus wrote:it's in a very early fase... don't expect it to come out soon...
Phase
Thinking about this, this technology has some merit seeing as its going to merge with the phone (in theory) you could keep an eye on peoples vital signs if they say have a heart attack it could automatically call 999 (911 for you yanks)
Re: Skinput
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:02 pm
by PhoenixRider
I don't like it. It may be an interesting technological breakthrough but by the time it comes out it'll be so useless and expensive at the same time, that people will be rolling with the latest, better, Apple/Microsoft product.
Re: Skinput
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:07 pm
by NuclearSilo
[SD]Master_Wong wrote:
klokus wrote:it's in a very early fase... don't expect it to come out soon...
Phase
Thinking about this, this technology has some merit seeing as its going to merge with the phone (in theory) you could keep an eye on peoples vital signs if they say have a heart attack it could automatically call 999 (911 for you yanks)
Object with a capability of transmit waves like a mobile phone is not good for health, in term of long time, if you put too close of your body
