SkinTrack Technology Transforms Your Arm Into A Smartwatch Touchpad

Maitreyi Mantha
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:26:49 -0700

Controlling and interacting with content on a smartphone or tablet is a relatively easy task given their large screens. However, the same is not true for smartwatches which are proving to be more of a fashion statement than a piece of useful technology. Now a group of researchers from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute’s Future Interfaces Group (HCII) at Carnegie Mellon University is trying to change that with an invention that transforms the arm into a touchpad.