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The phone 'skin' that can 'feel the user's grasp' – Sky News, Sky.com

The phone 'skin' that can 'feel the user's grasp' – Sky News, Sky.com


             

An artificial skin that wraps around a mobile phone can “feel the user’s grasp “, researchers have said.

The spongey-looking jacket, created using two layers of silicone, has the ability” to detect tickling, caressing, even twisting and pinching “, they added.

Emojis can be created, based on how a handset is being held.

  

The 'skin' can detect 'tickling, caressing, twisting and pinching. Pic: Marc Teyssier/Telecomm ParisTech

      

Image:        The ‘skin’ can detect ‘tickling, caressing, twisting and pinching. Pic: Marc Teyssier / Telecomm ParisTech      

 

  

Pic: Marc Teyssier/Telecomm ParisTech

      

Image:        The covering can also be attached to laptops. Pic: Marc Teyssier / Telecomm ParisTech      

“A strong grip conveys anger while tickling the skin displays a laughing emoji and tapping creates a surprised emoji,” said lead study author Marc Teyssier.

The idea is to echo natural human communication , of which touch is often an important part.

 

Researchers from the University of Bristol, in partnership with Telecomm ParisTech and Sorbonne University in Paris, said it provides a glimpse of a future involving “anthropomorphic devices” which have human characteristics.

Between the two sheets of silicone is a layer of ultra-thin wires which act as sensors.

To give the silicone a skin-like texture, two different types of it were molded after being dipped in pigment.

Called Skin-On interface, it also can be attached to mobile phones , wearable tech and laptop touchpads.

  

Pic: Marc Teyssier/Telecomm ParisTech

      

Image:        The idea is to echo human touch. Pic: Marc Teyssier / Telecomm ParisTech      

Dr Anne Roudaut, associate professor at the University of Bristol, said the “familiarity of the skin provides a more natural interface for users”.

Mr Teyssier, a PhD student at Telecomm ParisTech , said the wrapper has a “subtle surface texture – the sensing is performed in the dermis and the hypodermis layer (fat layer) and the elasticity is what allows us to perform expressive gestures such as pinching”.

He added: “When we are talking to someone face-to-face, we sometimes use touch to convey emotions and more generally enrich the discourse.

” Now that mediated communication is performed through the devices , we lost this communication modality.

“With this project, we tried to combine the best of the two.

” The prototypes we developed propose a possible future with anthropomorphic devices. “

Dr Roudaut said:” We have seen many works trying to augment human with parts of machines, here we look at the other way around and try to make the de vices we use every day more like us, ie, human-like. “

    

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