Well now that everyone is in to Touch Screen Technology, Apple decided it was time to step out its game and create a touchless screen. Yes touchless, you no longer have to put your finger on the iPod screen to start playing your music instead how about having your hand hover right above the surface. This new technology incorporates the idea of using touch screen sensors with proximity sensors. The same proximity sensor technology on proximity mines that cause them blow up if they detect motion with in its sensor range.
Apple is extremely excited about this new technology because they will now be able to perform more tasks without requiring a person to always touch the screen. A few applications they hope to gain from this are the ability to turn the iPods off without having to slid your finger all the way across. I have an iPod touch and I do find it a pain to have to drag my finger across the entire screen to turn it off. And if you mess up on sliding your finger it will rest and you have to try all over again. With this technology, Apple also wants to be able to have easy access to different components of the iPod. They are hoping to create a way to dim the screen by moving your finger above it; also they want to make it easier to expand screens but moving your fingers apart instead of sliding them apart.
How the proximity sensors is quite interesting. The sensors are actually composed of IR transmitters that disperse an IR radiation that is read by the computer to help it see anything that is hovering over the screen. The radiation particles hit the object like your finger and then bounce back and are seen by the computer. Do not worry this radiation is not going to hurt you; I know most radiation is bad but some is ok to mess with.
This new technology is really great and will hopefully make the iPod Touch and iPhone a lot easier to use. This does however bring a whole new field of touch technology which means a lot of research before we get to see anything like this on the public market. Now this does not limit the technology just to iPods it can also include computers; so we could eventually be able to wave our hands around in front of a screen and be able to control what is going on. An application like this could make building animations and engineering projects a lot less time consuming because you be able to move the item around without having to use a mouse. Well whenever this new technology comes out I recommend we all take advantage of it and use it to make our futures brighter.
1 comment:
wow. i agree that this is awesome because not only is the technology amazing, but it also shows how hard we are working to become that futuristic society that has been portrayed in sci-fi movies for so long. but really?! have we really gotten so lazy that we can no longer even do something as simple as touching a screen or sliding your finger to make a phone work? so now not only is pressing a button too tiring, but just touching it has become an impossible task. honestly, i think its a tad ridiculous. awesome yes, but also unnecessary.
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