“If you find yourself getting annoyed at the tiny touchscreens on today's mobile devices, you might be interested in a "new" yet overlooked input surface: yourself. A new skin-based interface called Skinput allows users to use their own hands and arms as touchscreens by detecting the various ultralow-frequency sounds produced when tapping different parts of the skin.”
Scientists from Microsoft and the University of Carnegie Mellon had 20 persons test the device. The device is called ‘Skinput’ – combines the words ‘skin’ and ‘input’. Skinput exists of an arm band with a tiny projector which projects several buttons onto your skin. A chip within this arm band determines which button on which part of the skin is being touched by the user. So you can just tap your skin, to make a phone call or control audio devices. Skinput reacts to the sound that appears when you hit your skin with your finger. The device then uses a Bluetooth-signal to send the input from the touchscreen to your telephone, mp3-player or laptop.
Watch this clip to see for yourself:
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