Skinput sends skin crawling
March 2, 2010
Resistive touchscreens are currently losing ground to capacitive screens, but the folks at the Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft are collaborating on a new touchscreen which will see action on your body, known as Skinput. What makes that different is its ability to recognize what body part you have tapped, and based on the sound which was generated on either skin, muscle or bone. You will need to strap on an armband containing piezoelectric cantilevers, which are sensors that measure pressure, acceleration and force, while a pico projector that is the same as those found in handsets to beam the user interface on your skin. Looks like a great way to get all sensitive feely with a lady of your choice, eh, through the Skinput interface?
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Orginal post by Mike
Apple stock up for AT&T, iPhone accounts for most global web traffic, and iPhone gets DJ app
November 24, 2009
AT&T is getting beat up in the media by Verizon by its 3G coverage, which I will confess is shoddy in most areas. Apple has now come out with some adds that are taking up for AT&T. I wonder whether those adds will keep running whether Verizon gets the iPhone.
A study by AdMob has concluded that the majority of global smartphone web traffic comes from the iPhone. The study plus shows that rivals to the iPhone like Palm and Symbian are losing ground.
A new DJ app for the iPhone has debuted called TouchDJ. The app works with the iPhone and the iPod touch and the app fools the iPhone into playing two tracks at the same moment allowing for mixing and such. The app is available now for $19.99.
Orginal post by Shane McGlaun
