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Scientists from Seoul National University have developed a new type of transparent thouchpads, built out of soft materials, that are flexible and stretchy.
All transparent touchpads, up to date, have been designed using hard materials, so this approach is completely new.
These flexible touchpads are made out of soft materials such as polyacrylamide hydrogels, that have high transparency, enhanced conductivity, and don’t fatigue over time when stretched. This new technology is also more electronically stable than other alternatives.
The prototype is still being improved but if offers great potential for the next generation of touchapds, which can bring us to the next level of gaming.
The research has been recently published in journal Science.
References:
Seoul National University - "Highly stretchable, transparent ionic touch panel"
Science Magazine - "Stretchable Touch Pad Could Become Wearable Touch Screen"
Science Magazine - "Video: Stretchy touchpad allows you to play piano on your arm"
I almost think that this technology will be a gimmick like the wii was. I could see it as an advancement to phones though.
You may be right in that. Might end up as just another semi-useful gadget.
I can see
Gaming is a huge niche
and getting very advanced
Lets see what comes out of it :-)
You give people new tools and who knows what magic can happen. Like steemit!
This could manifest itself in millions of little ways in our lives.
I can see artistic potental for digital paitning, for example.
Cool! This could be used by musicians,and DJ´s ,you could control different filters for example. And a lot of things that I can´t think of right now. I would buy this if it wasn´t too expensive.
True, so many different applications. I bet that it would quickly become as cheap as any other touchpads. Technology does not seem expesnive
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Thanks for this one too!