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Amazing: Microsoft's Skinput Turns Hands, Arms Into Buttons by itekzone: 11:20am On Apr 22, 2010
In Chris Harrison's ideal world, mobile phones would be the size of matchbooks. They'd have full-size keyboards. They'd browse the Web. They'd play videos.

And, most importantly, you'd never have to touch them.

Sound like too much to ask? Maybe not.

Harrison, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University and a former intern at Microsoft Research, has developed a working prototype of a system called Skinput that does just that, essentially by turning a person's hand and forearm into a keyboard and screen.

Read more below:


http:///blogs/blog1.php/Technology/microsoft-s-skinput-turns-hands-arms-int
Re: Amazing: Microsoft's Skinput Turns Hands, Arms Into Buttons by candylips(m): 11:44am On Apr 22, 2010
yea i saw a demo of this on youtube a couple of months ago.

very interesting concept

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