Dec 01
Ice Touchscreen Brings Modern Tech to Penguins, Santa (Video)
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As the concept of physical controls become ever more dodo-ish, we see digital interfaces on just about everything. Even our solid forms of water aren’t safe.
A group of Finnish researchers who were able to build a touch screen out of a block of solid ice.
This very cool (get it?) touchscreen was assembled at the Nokia Research Center in Tampere, Finland.
The team used a set of infrared emitters and detectors to determine hand location on the wall of ice. The data was then collected and sent to a computer which projected images through the back of the semi-translucent block, creating an interactive surface.
Video after the jump.
via gizmag
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