New Product Turns Any Surface into a Touch-Screen
Ubiquity is something we often associate with skin – whatever sex or race you are, and even species for that matter, every creature has it.
It seems the perfect term then for the latest innovation from Portuguese based interactive hardware company Displax.
Skin is a fine flexible film which can turn any non-metal surface into an interactive touch-screen, even if they are transparent or curved.
This completely transparent “skin” uses multi-touch technology that can detect up to 16 fingers at once as well as air movement.
The hardware is unique and operates via a grid of nanowires embedded in Skin’s polymer film. According to Displax “a small electrical disturbance is detected allowing the micro-processor controller to pinpoint the movement or direction of the air flow,” every time a user makes contact with the surface, using either their breath or their finger tips.
This obviously has enormous possibilities. Now practically every surface holds the potential for multi-touch interaction. Now not just every creature but every surface will have a skin.
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