TouchTags: using touch to retrieve information stored in a physical object

Authors:
Benjamin Vigoda;Neil Gershenfeld
Affiliations:
MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA;MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
Venue:
CHI '99 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
1999

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Abstract

Information can be stored in inexpensive electronic "tag" microchips which can be embedded in physical objects. We have invented a new tag reader technology which allows information to be transferred into or out of these tag microchips through the human body via touch. Our technology has enabled us to create a novel user interface which can recognize when physical icons are touched, and a wearable system that can inventory packages when they are touched.