Paper Boys

Episode 62

Could Skin-On make your smartphone ticklish?

You've heard of touch screens, get ready for skin interfaces.

Touch screens are ubiquitous in technology today. We’ve grown very accustomed to using our fingers to tap and swipe our way through most tasks. But what if we could do more…like caress, or even tickle, our devices? New research looks at how “skin” interfaces might open up the ways we interact with our technology. Join us this week as James and Charlie unpack the research and discuss this cool (and very strange) new interface.

Check out the article from lead author Marc Teyssier here, the video here, and the article from HypeBeast here.

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