Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- In Chris Harrison's ideal world, mobile phones would be the size of matchbooks. They'd have full-size keyboards. They'd browse the Web. They'd play videos.
And, most importantly, you'd never have to touch them.
Sound like too much to ask? Maybe not.
Harrison, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University and a former intern at Microsoft Research, has developed a working prototype of a system called Skinput that does just that, essentially by turning a person's hand and forearm into a keyboard and screen.
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I came across this video and it reminded me of our class discussion on where technology will be in 10 years. This article and video talks about 'Skinput' where your body becomes a touchscreen based off the vibrations from tapping your hand or wrist. A screen is literally projected on your forearm as it would in your phone. What are your thoughts on this technology?
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One word "CRAZY"!! I noticed that this will not be available commercially for a at the most seven more years, but the fact that this is one of several prototypes I can conclude that the state of technology leads me to one question.. Where are we as human beings headed? Seriously this is the next step to robotics. I also discovered a similar product called the 'sixthsense" which is 'SixthSense' is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. I’m not sure exactly where and how this tech. will fit into society, but these are some pretty cool ideas none the less. It will be interesting to see what modifications Microsoft comes up with to make this product marketable
I agree this is just plain crazy. Technology is always changing and getting more advanced, even though many of the changes are out of this world. Will this prototype become marketable one day, I believe so. Just as you said, where are we as humans beings headed? My two year old nephew will probably have robots as his best friends.
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