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    Skin Put

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    Skinput is a new technology that allows users to use their own arms and hands as touchscreens by sensing different ultra low-frequency sounds generated when tapping skin. It works by projecting a keyboard or menu onto the forearm and palm and using sensors in an armband to detect taps and determine the input. Potential applications include controlling audio players or computers directly from the skin.

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    Skin Put

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    Skinput is a new technology that allows users to use their own arms and hands as touchscreens by sensing different ultra low-frequency sounds generated when tapping skin. It works by projecting a keyboard or menu onto the forearm and palm and using sensors in an armband to detect taps and determine the input. Potential applications include controlling audio players or computers directly from the skin.

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    Skinput is a technology that appropriates the human body for acoustic transmission, allowingthe skin to be used as an input surface.

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    Skinput is a new technology that allows users to use their own arms and hands as touchscreens by sensing different ultra low-frequency sounds generated when tapping skin. It works by projecting a keyboard or menu onto the forearm and palm and using sensors in an armband to detect taps and determine the input. Potential applications include controlling audio players or computers directly from the skin.

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    Skin Put

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    Mamatha Mammu
    Skinput is a new technology that allows users to use their own arms and hands as touchscreens by sensing different ultra low-frequency sounds generated when tapping skin. It works by projecting a keyboard or menu onto the forearm and palm and using sensors in an armband to detect taps and determine the input. Potential applications include controlling audio players or computers directly from the skin.

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    Skinput is a technology that appropriates the human body for acoustic transmission,

    allowingthe skin to be used as an input surface. In particular, the location of


    finger taps on the arm andhand is resolved by analyzing mechanical vibrations that
    propagate through the body. Thesesignals are collected using a novel array of
    sensors worn as an armband. This approachprovides an always available, naturally
    portable, and on-body finger input system. Thecapabilities, accuracy and
    limitations of this technique are assessed through a two-part, twenty-participant
    user study.

    What is Skinput?
    Skinput is a new skin-based interface that allows users to use their own arms and
    hands as touchscreens by sensing different ultra low-frequency sounds that are
    generated when knocking various parts of skin.
    The feature of providing input using this projection is a boost. Simply, Skinput is
    the latest technology of providing input using the projection on the human body.
    The technology was originated from the researches of Chris Harrison, Desney Tan,
    and Dan Morris at Microsoft Researchs Computational User Experience Group. The
    term Skinput is the combination of the words skin and input that implies the
    functionality of the technology input thru skin.

    How Does Skinput Technology Work?


    In this technology, a menu, keyboard or any other graphics are spread on to the
    users forearm and palm from a projector that is embedded in an armband. This band
    has an acoustic detector, which decides the part of the display that has to be
    activated by the touch.
    The scientists explain that the changes in bone density, mass, and size along with
    the filtering effects from joints and soft tissues mean various skin spots are
    acoustically discrete. The software goes with sound frequencies to particular skin
    spots, permitting the system to decide the skin button pressed by the user.
    Following this, the prototype system makes use of a wireless technology like
    Bluetooth to send the commands to the device that is controlled (ex: iPod, phone or
    computer).
    Skinput thus functions by listening to vibrations of the hum body. And, this is
    indeed a groundbreaking concept in itself. Its definitely the most unique form of
    touch sensitive so far

    Applications of Skinput:
    Audio player strapped to the arm that can be controlled using finger tips.
    Computing devices to computer without the need of some external application.
    Portable computing devices with a pico projector.

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