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    Mar032010

    Skinput - It can turn your body into a touchscreen

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    AuthorBrandon Davenport DateMar 3, 2010 , ,

    Yes, we are one more step closer to becoming robots - but ignoring that fact, this is the most bad-ass thing since this thing that can turn anything into a touchscreen. Anyways, that thing does it through cameras, this thing does it by listening to your skin...

    Yes, when the user taps a menu item or other control icon on their skin, an acoustic detector in the armband analyzes the ultralow-frequency sound to determine which region of the display has been activated. Sounds more like magic, but to see this thing in action is sort of surreal.

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    AuthorBrandon Davenport DateMar 3, 2010 , ,

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