Hey, nice to see this discussion! I've wondered about this before, too :) A touch screen thimble, or a thing embedded in the end of a stylus, would allow for tactile feedback while also supporting an existing necessary feature (that is, touching a touch screen without smudging it, or at least writing accurately / naturally on a touch screen). A minor wiggle is good enough, since fingers are pretty sensitive, and it only really has to be a suggestion.
Good idea, Matthew! (I may have to try this myself...) There is also the device itself vibrating, of course, which is practically a required feature for a phone anyway. The two forms of feedback could maybe be combined for an interesting effect. As for the original topic of a full touch screen UI (which I, at least one North American, love! I think those tiny keyboarded devices look ridiculous -- they're hardly tactile because they are so small)... what would be /extremely/ cool is tapping the touch screen to turn the device on, removing that pesky power button. I wonder how / if that could ever be possible? (Of course the touch screen isn't your usual button, so probably can't do it at all easily). Bye, -Dylan McCall PS: Thanks for telling me I sent this the wrong way, Jon. On 6/2/07, Jon Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 13:35 -0700, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote: > Well... for a while I was thinking about implanting a strong magnet > under the skin in one of my fingers to detect alternating current. > There are a few people out there who have done this and they say they > can feel a very mild wiggle when the magnet comes near a wire carrying > AC. It might be possible to detect the current going through the > touchscreen as you make contact with it. > > But that's probably not a mainstream solution. That sounds like a stelarc solution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelarc What about a glove or thimble that you could put on your finger? How much does vibration tech. kill the battery on phones? Some type of current detection sounds interesting... Jon > On Jun 2, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Jon Phillips wrote: > > > Yes, it seems pretty clear that screens are the way forward rather > > than > > > > moving parts. I've seen a few solutions to the tactile feedback > > issue, > > > > with the main being have the phone vibrate slightly upon key press, > > > > along with sounds. > > > > > > Matthew (and others), have you heard of others? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
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