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Magnetosensitive e-skin senses objects without touching

Nanotechweb - Mon 22 Jan 18

(with video) It can also detect an object’s position in space.

E-skin for manipulating virtual objects without touching them

TechXplore - Mon 22 Jan 18

A team of researchers from Germany and Austria has developed a type of e-skin that allows a wearer to control virtual objects without touching them. In their paper published on the open access ...

Electronic Skin Puts the World in the Palm of Your Hand

Discover Magazine - Fri 19 Jan 18

Someday, physically touching our electronic devices will be as archaic as standing up from the recliner to change the channel. Voice recognition systems and home assistants can turn on lights, ...

E-Skin Lets You Manipulate Objects in Real and Virtual Worlds

IEEE Spectrum - Fri 19 Jan 18

Researchers integrate magnetoelectronic sensors into electronic skin that tracks motion

'E-skin' controls virtual objects with a wave of your hand

Daily Mail - Mon 22 Jan 18

Scientists have developed an electronic skin that allows users to manipulate virtual objects, even without seeing or touching them. It looks like a band-aid or a tattoo, but it can do a lot ...

This electronic skin lets you manipulate objects without touching them

The Verge - Fri 19 Jan 18

A newly developed electronic skin lets the wearer manipulate virtual objects without touching them — like typing on a keypad, or adjusting a dimmer just by moving your wrist. Standard ...

New ‘tattoo’ lets you control objects remotely

The Hindu - Sun 21 Jan 18

Provides a ‘sixth sense’ for magnetic fields

Virtual reality goes magnetic

ScienceDaily - Fri 19 Jan 18

The success of Pokémon GO made many people familiar with the concept of 'augmented reality': computer-generated perception blends into the real and virtual worlds. So far, these apps largely ...

Virtual reality goes magnetic, Eurekalert - Fri 19 Jan 18