Giving Touch-Screen Buttons Depth and Height With Pneumatics 146
blee37 writes "Researchers at Carnegie Mellon demonstrate 'popping out' touch screen buttons to become physical buttons using pneumatics. The idea is to combine the dynamic reconfigurability of touch screen buttons with the tactile feedback of real buttons. The technology could be applied where tactile feedback is currently lacking, such as in car navigation systems, ATMs, or cell phones."
pistons! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why Not... (Score:2, Funny)
Having read TFA (Score:5, Funny)
I am left thinking "so what?". All they did was PROJECT graphics onto an inflatable surface, and used a camera and image recognition to determine which 'button' was being pressed.
I think it's a bit of a stretch to describe this as a 'touch screen'; the image is projected onto the surface (which could be true for ANY surface) and the surface itself does NOT detect touches. There is also no tactile feedback whatsoever. I might as well get one of those laser projection keyboards, set it up on the bonnet of my car and announce that I've made a "self-propelling air-conditioned touchscreen that seats four".
Re:Oh no... (Score:3, Funny)
killer app (Score:5, Funny)
This explains Star Trek (Score:4, Funny)
and their exploding work stations.
Re:Oh no... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This explains Star Trek (Score:2, Funny)
This new technology has something that even sparking Trek battles don't have: panels that actually punch you in the face.
Re:ONE WORD: (Score:2, Funny)
Real nipples get more of a rise out of me...