A Back-of-the-Hand Touch Interface That’s Perfect for Super Spies

This “ wrist watch ” look clumsy as all hellhole now , but with work it has some redoubtable applications programme . It was design to apply the back of your mitt as a tactual interface . It ’s obvious . It was meant for James Bond .

The gadget was designed by Kei Nakatsuma , a PhD student at the University of Tokyo . flux a serial of infrared demodulator and piezoelectric sensors , it can discover input signal on the back of your hand as well as sound input from your gestures . It ’s not without its limit ; it can handle pinch or revolve motion just yet , and harsh sun makes it harder to see your fingers , but this promises to draw interact remotely with your smartphone potential .

You have it off what else it can do ? Revolutionize spy work . Imagine it . You ’re playing Baccarat with the Sultan of Brunei , and you take to detonate a cache of explosives your associate has planted near his security computing machine . You ca n’t very well pull out your smartphone or look at your smartwatch . you could inconspicuously scratch the back of your hand , a motion that will detonate the C-4 . In the end point confusion , you may channelise up to his suite , slip back the stolen missile code , and race back to headquarters . Well done ! [ Engadget ]