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The skin is the largest organ in the body where its primary function is to protect the body from the external environment. It also contains a variety of nerve endings for sensation. How about adding another function to that list? Called Skinput, the system is a cross between two technologies: the ability to detect ultralow-frequency sound produced by tapping the skin and the microchip-sized “pico” projectors found in several mobile phones.
The latter projects an image to onto the user’s forearm or hand through an armband. When the user taps an item, an acoustic detector also in the armband analyze the ultralow-frequency sound to determine which region of the display has been activated.
“Skinput looks a promising idea”, says Michael Liebschner, director of the Bio-Innovations Lab at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
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via New Scientist
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