Skinput: appropriating the skin as an interactive canvas

  • Authors:
  • Chris Harrison;Desney Tan;Dan Morris

  • Affiliations:
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Skinput is a technology that appropriates the skin as an input surface by analyzing mechanical vibrations that propagate through the body. Specifically, we resolve the location of finger taps on the arm and hand using a novel sensor array, worn as an armband. This approach provides an on-body finger input system that is always available, naturally portable, and minimally invasive. When coupled with a pico-projector, a fully interactive graphical interface can be rendered directly on the body. To view video of Skinput, visit http://cacm.acm.org.