Squeeze, Grip and Tilt to Control Synaptics’ Concept Phone
December 14th, 2009 admin
Touchscreens have become a big hit among cellphone users. But what’s next after tap to click and the two-finger pinch and zoom? Synaptics’ Fuse experimental phone shows a device that you can interact with by squeezing, gripping, flexing and tilting the phone. The device melds multiple technologies such as multi-touch capacitive sensing, haptic feedback, 3-D graphics and proximity sensing. “It’s not a product but a prototype that showcases a lot of key input technologies,” says Robyn Palmer, marketing specialist for Synaptics. “Our focus was on how to make mobile phones mobile again.” Fuse tackles the difficulty of single-handed usage and the need to…
Originally posted on Wired 
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