A whole new method of computer interaction

[andrewducker]

I love the idea of being able to control my music playing by tapping my own arm. Joggers would find that incredibly useful.

(sent to me by my brother Hugh.)

Comments

[teresafloyd]

Wow, my youngest and I were just talking yesterday about the convenience of HUDS and implantable music players with touch interaction.

His generation will adapt to these types of things very readily - he already treats his phone practically as an extension of his body and can readily handle far more inputs than I can.

[andrewducker]

I think I'd pick it up pretty quickly. Press thumb and little finger together to go back one track, thumb and forefinger together to go forward one track, thumb and index finger to pause. Give me a day of that being my interface and I reckon it would be second nature.

[azurelunatic]

This is so cool.

I see this as simultaneously an accessibility boon (the ability to set up controls that are tailored to someone's actual physical abilities rather than relying upon them to use conventional setup) and also a potential accessibility nightmare (for example, if something requires a five-finger touch from someone who doesn't have five fingers) if it's not programmed with the ability to be re-set according to actual capabilities.

[andrewducker]

I suspect that it has to be trained for every user - because everyone's conductivity is different. So it should be easily adjustable for different people. So long as they aren't complete idiots!

(I loved the "head in hands" gesture)