Microsoft Research working on a capacitive touch screen that works through clothing

February 14, 2012 | By Surur

microsoftresearch Microsoft Research is working on a capacitive sensor technology which would allow users to control their smartphone without removing their phone from their pocket.

In the prototype consists of a custom multi-touch capacitive sensor mounted on the back of a smartphone, which appears to be a Samsung Focus, but with low level access to the existing capacitive sensors in the phone no additional hardware would be required.

While the creators of the technology envision users being able to respond to text messages by touch and also without removing the phone from your pocket, the other scenario of being able to control music playback without removing the phone from your pocket sounds even better, and wont make people wonder why you appear to be fondling your groin

Read more about the technology at Microsoft Research here.

Via NY Times.com

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Tagged capacitive screens, microsoft research, multi-touch

Anonymous

I think we covered it already few months ago. http://wmpoweruser.com/pockettoucha-microsoft-research-project-on-nui/
Anonymous

thats ollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllld
http://twitter.com/fganser Nando Ganser

:/ hmmm I saw this last year!
patmore_douglas

One word comes to mind when I see this demo. Pervert!!!

I can see a guy sitting on a park bench next to an old lady, then she notices him playing with himself near his crotch area, then she starts beating him over the head with her handbag, shouting “Pervert! Pervert!”

Whatever you do MS, try not to make Saturday Night Live get a hold of this video. It could be brutal.
Anonymous

Yes we have seen this before but Microsoft’s team are missing the point here- GLOVES.

I don’t want to be using symbols or morse code to write texts through my pocket- I just need to be able to use a normal (stress on normal) pair of gloves.

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