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News & features
News & features
Overview
We present Skinput, a technology that appropriates the human body for acoustic transmission, allowing the skin to be used as an input surface. In particular, we resolve the location of finger taps on the arm and hand by analyzing mechanical vibrations that propagate through the body. We collect these signals using a novel array of sensors worn as an armband. This approach provides an always available, naturally portable, and on-body finger input system. We assess the capabilities, accuracy and limitations of our technique through a two-part, twenty-participant user study. To further illustrate the utility of our approach, we conclude with several proof-of-concept applications we developed.
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Additional news
Body acoustics can turn your arm into a touchscreen
New Scientist, 1 March 2010
‘Skinput’ Turns Your Body Into Touchscreen Interface
TechNews, 3 March 2010
Skinput Turns Any Bodily Surface Into a Touch Interface
Popular Science (popsci.com), 3 March 2010
Skinput Turns Your Arm into a Touch-Screen
Wired, 3 March 2010