SkinTrack turns your skin into a touch interface for smartwatches

Smartwatches are undeniably cool, but not without problems. One of the biggest annoyances when wearing the latest tech from the likes of Apple, Samsung and others is the small touch interface given to complete tasks that might require a little more space — like playing Angry Birds in the demo video below. A research team at the Future Interfaces Group, a Carnegie Mellon University research lab, today released a novel look at a possible solution to this problem by turning your skin into additional screen real estate. The system works by using a signal-emitting ring worn on the finger of your opposite…
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