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Guust Hilte's tactile texting device solves the 'every pixel feels the same' problem (video)
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Guust Hilte's tactile texting device solves the 'every pixel feels the same' problem (video)
Moving away from buttons on phones has lead to a higher level of design purity, but has also made life a lot more difficult for the blind or seeing impaired -- or anyone who doesn't want to look at their phone while texting. We've seen how solutions like the Brailliant-32 can let users interact with mobile devices, but that's hardly portable. Guust Hilte's device is. Looking li...
ke a cross between an egg and a rubber stamp, or perhaps the abdomen of a Cyclocosmia spider, it features a series of what Hilte calls gullies on the top that users can trace over with their thumb to enter letters, shown after the break (complete with chill Röyksopp soundtrack). However, that's just a prototype, a Masters project at the Eindhoven University of Technology, with the ultimate goal to integrate the thing into the back of phones. Hilte's vision is users flipping over their celly, entering their message, and then sending away without looking. We think the same could be done without flipping, instead using your index finger, and finally making use of all that wasted space 'round back.
[Thanks, Fabian Hemmert]
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[Thanks, Fabian Hemmert]
Guust Hilte's tactile texting device solves the 'every pixel feels the same' problem (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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