Skinput Transforms Body Parts into Buttons

 

We can all agree that the iPhone’s touchpad can be a hassle—which is exactly why Chris Harrison, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University and a former intern at Microsoft Research, is developing Skinput. The prototype essentially turns your hand and forearm into a keyboard and screen.

From CNN.com:

Using Skinput, a person could tap their thumb and middle finger together to answer a call; touch their forearm to go to the next track on a music player; or flick the center of their palm to select a menu item.

All of these sign-language-like movements, which are customizable, would control a gadget in a person's pocket through a Bluetooth connection.

Unfortunately, the system won’t be commercially available for two to seven years. By then, we might all be using our clothing as a keyboard anyway.

Comments

[gower holiday homes]

I've bookmarked this because I found it funny. I would be very interested to hear more information on this. Excellent!

[mrsx123]

How about another story like this? Pretty entertaining. I studied technical writing back in the day, and this had the few most important traits of a good article, informative and fun to read. Cheers.