Hey, nice to see this discussion! I've wondered about this before, too :)<br>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).
<br>A minor wiggle is good enough, since fingers are pretty sensitive, and it only really has to be a suggestion.<br><br>Good idea, Matthew! (I may have to try this myself...)<br><br>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.<br><br>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?
<br>(Of course the touch screen isn't your usual button, so probably can't do it at all easily).<br><br>Bye,<br><span>-Dylan McCall<br><br>PS: Thanks for telling me I sent this the wrong way, Jon.<br></span>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jon Phillips</b> <<a href="mailto:jon@rejon.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jon@rejon.org</a>> wrote:
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On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 13:35 -0700, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote:<br>> Well... for a while I was thinking about implanting a strong magnet<br>> under the skin in one of my fingers to detect alternating current.<br>> There are a few people out there who have done this and they say they
<br>> can feel a very mild wiggle when the magnet comes near a wire carrying<br>> AC. It might be possible to detect the current going through the<br>> touchscreen as you make contact with it.<br>><br>> But that's probably not a mainstream solution.
<br><br>That sounds like a stelarc solution:<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelarc" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelarc</a><br><br>What about a glove or thimble that you could put on your finger?
<br><br>How much does vibration tech. kill the battery on phones?
<br><br>Some type of current detection sounds interesting...<br><br>Jon<br><br>> On Jun 2, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Jon Phillips wrote:<br>><br>> > Yes, it seems pretty clear that screens are the way forward rather<br>
> > than<br>> ><br>> > moving parts. I've seen a few solutions to the tactile feedback<br>> > issue,<br>> ><br>> > with the main being have the phone vibrate slightly upon key press,
<br>> ><br>> > along with sounds.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Matthew (and others), have you heard of others?<br>> ><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>
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