Friday, January 10, 2014

Human Touch Screen - on Palms

Human Touch screen
  • As device like cellphones and MP3 players get smaller, their tiny touchscreens become increasingly difficult to use.
  • A Joint project between carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft has come up with an unusual solution to their problem.
  • "Skinput" makes use of a large surface that is always on hand.
  • A mini projector attached to an armband turns your wrist into a screen or your hand into a calculator.
  • The device has as sensor that recognizes which part of your body is being tapped and has been proved to be as accurate as a smartphone keypad.