A Touch Screen With Morphing Buttons 160
Al writes "Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have created a touch screen that can also produce physical buttons. Graduate student Chris Harrison and professor Scott Hudson use a projector and infrared sensor below the screen to illuminate it and make it touch-sensitive, and the physical buttons are created using air pumps below the surface. They say this type of screen could be particularly useful when a simple, flat touch-screen is too distracting, for example in a vehicle dashboard."
Interactive porn in... (Score:5, Funny)
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Morphing pornstar ?
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Accessibility.... (Score:5, Funny)
Of course. You can't just use a simple flat touchscreen in a vehicle dashboard. It would be impossible for a blind person to find the controls.
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Of course. You can't just use a simple flat touchscreen in a vehicle dashboard. It would be impossible for a blind person to find the controls.
and this is bad? I'm all for stopping blind people from controlling vehicles. See enough of them on the roads in Ireland already ;-)
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They already have interactive porn. The problem is you constantly have to buy it dinner and feign interest while it talks about its day.
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Unless you just buy it.
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They already have interactive porn. The problem is you constantly have to buy it dinner and feign interest while it talks about its day.
I know someone who's sleeping on the couch tonight!
Re:Accessibility.... (Score:5, Funny)
Trust me. If they can find the braille on the keyboards of drive through ATMs, they can find the braille on the control panel of a car.
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Is this some new feature?
<offtopic>Yes.</offtopic>
Re:Accessibility.... (Score:3, Funny)
Or you could just turn the fucking knob.... What is it with kids these days?
Grumble. Grump.
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Just hope your PIN doesn't have a zero in it.
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Re:Accessibility.... (Score:4, Funny)
Are you saying that a blind person can't use the ATM if they are a driver? Nonsense! How would the machine know if they are a driver or not?
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Braille on drive-through ATMs is for blind passengers, not blind drivers.
Are you saying that a blind person can't use the ATM if they are a driver? Nonsense! How would the machine know if they are a driver or not?
Want to really screw around with people, try driving thru an ATM backwards so the passenger can use the ATM. Some of the driveway clearances and curves can be challenging when done in reverse. Also as a bonus you get to stare at the driver behind you, which can vary from pleasant (if they're hot), to disturbing (if they continue to pick their nose anyway despite being face to face).
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And with a bit of effort, one could even offset the screen and the buttons, so that the user is not intuitively aware of a connection between button A and function A.
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Re:Interactive porn in... (Score:3, Funny)
No , you would either break your finger or the screen, and if you are a pervert - Accidentally a whole...
A whole what?