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Touchless Living
The move from contact-based to contact-free innovation
Implications - The last few years have seen an incredible rise in touch-based technology, with a large number of consumers embracing touch-activated devices and innovations for their convenience and aesthetic appeal. The next direction in tech design, however, eliminates the need for contact completely. These devices, which typically operate via motion, can offer a fun way to engage the body -- something that is proven by the growing popularity of motion-activated games like Microsoft's Kinect -- as well as provide users with even more convenience since their hands are free for other activities.
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High-Tech Hands-Free HarnessesThe Sonic Walk Igniter is a Water-Resistant Music PlayerThe Sonic Walk Igniter makes listening to music and carrying a few key items on a walk or jog a little less cumbersome.
Outfitted with water-resistant speakers and a promised ten hours of battery... [More] |
Contact-Free Crossing ButtonsThis Pedestrian Traffic Switch is Motion-SensoredAlthough I understand the principle behind prompting intersection lights to change as needed, the cuing controls must be terribly unsanitary surfaces. The Pedestrian Traffic Switch has been developed in… [More] |
Internet-Savvy Eyewear (UPDATE)Project Glass is Googles' Recent ReleaseGoogle has finally emerged from their sinister technology cave headquarters with news of their heads-up display Androids glasses, now known as Project Glass.
Though there is no word yet on when the... [More] | |||||||||
Motion-Activated PhonesNo Need for Touch with Pantech's Sky Vega LTE SmartphoneAlthough touchscreen technology only recently became a necessary part of our day-to-day gadgets, it may be already on its way out, thanks to the swipe technology introduced by Korean-based Pantech's new… [More] |
Hands-Free Tech HoldersThe Adjustable Tablet Stand Lets One Be a True Couch PotatoThe Adjustable Tablet Stand from The Sharper Image allows users to play around on their tablet hands-free. The stand has six possible positions so that tablet-lovers can lie and sit in a variety of... [More] |
Hi-Tech Towel RacksThe Clea Hands Disinfection Device is a Contact-Free CleanserWhether the soap dispenser in a public restroom has been refilled or not, you rarely feel clean when you leave. The wall-mounted Clea Hands Disinfection Device aims to solve unsanitary scenarios by introducing… [More] | |||||||||
