Skinput – TouchSkin Keyboard Technology

Have you ever thought of a mobile phone that uses human body as input interface? If you have ever had then, your thoughts are going to come true in the form of a new system called ‘Skinput’, developed together by Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research labs.

An armband array is attached to bicep area in order to pick up waves i.e., the ultralow-frequency sound of tapping skin will be collected by the system which will thereby, be transmitted through Bluetooth to the mobile to act accordingly and is focused on to the hand with the help of ‘pico’-micro sized projectors in the phones. An acoustic detector in the armband calculates which part of the body is to be activated. Skinput works with an accuracy of 95percent in detecting tapping of fingers on the skin, it also works when the body is in motion.

With this type of systems coming into existence entire body can be made as an interface. Hope this research gets succeeded and the device will be soon a commercial reality.


(Credit: Chris Harrison/Carnegie Mellon University)

How Skinput Works? – Video

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