iSkin
Presented by:
Nomaan Ahgharian
Yi Zhang
What is it?
Skin for Apple products?
NONE
Hold on to your horses
How do we interact with computers?
What about our skin?
ELASTIC ON-BODY TOUCH SENSORS
iSkin
Authors
Tong Lu
Antti Oulasvirta
Jürgen Steimle
Soft Machines Lab
TELECOM ParisTech
Carnegie Mellon University
Aalto University
Germany
Pittsburgh, PA
France
Finland
Pittsburgh, PA
Germany
Problem statement
Today's skin input technologies:
- may not function in extreme deformation
- not visually compelling
- use camera base sensing (RGB or depth)
Putting iSkin to test
8.5 cm
3.35 inches
4 cm
1.57 inches
1.5 cm
0.59 inches
0%
Stretch Test
10%
20%
30%
Bend Test
0.5 cm
0.2 inches
1 cm
0.39 inches
2 cm
0.79 inches
3 cm
1.18 inches
- 10 consecutive touch contacts
- resistive sensing
- capacitive sensing
How?
reliability across body location
8.5 cm
3.35 inches
4 cm
1.57 inches
1.5 cm
0.59 inches
12
4
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Results
Evaluation of Stretchability and Bendability
- functional and sensitive
- touch vs. no touch
- stable required pressure
- bend radius ↓ required force ↓
Evaluation of Reliability across body locations
98.1%
92.5%
Significance
A new way (medium)
Appearance
customizable
Design Patterns
Broader Impact
help to individual with disability
extreme conditions
Critique
Number of participants
>
30
touch and no touch
more challenging in real life
- More distaction in real life?
- practice effect?
- ceiling effect?
significant analysis
post interview
Practical in extreme condition?
Dis
cu
ssion
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What considerations would you have when you use a on-body touch sensors?
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Would you use products with on-body touch sensors? What kind of products would you choose? Why?
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Does it have any relative advantage for you to give in for this kind of new technology?
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if not, what makes it worth trying?
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How much of interactivity is important for you when using your skin as the input?