Skinput: resolving the location of finger taps on the arm and hand by analyzing mechanical vibrations that propagate through the body.
This story got my brain moving in all the wrong directions today.
Though the result of research at Microsoft, could this be the future for Palm?
If I let you dial for me, does it mean you press all my buttons the right way?
I'm not "touching" the palm as a means for propogating mechanical vibrations that run through the body, except to "point out" that I've been conducting my own research into this since adolesence.
For the more serious article on this not-an-april-fools joke research project click here.
