Posted by hipstomp | 17 Jul 2008
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Only a child, or a fool, yells at the little people on the TV--"Don't go in there," "Look behind you," etc. But now technology is helping us "break the fourth wall" and interact with things on screen via a physical interface:
Lyndsay Williams of Girton Labs has built this prototype "SenseSurface" system which allows you to attach real, physical knobs to a flat-panel display. The magnetic knobs are measured by a sensor plate in the rear, letting you turn the knob itself to control the software dials.
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wow, actual knobs? isn't that what we spent the last 40 years of scientific advancement to get away from? seems a lot like putting a crank shaft starter on the front of your mini cooper...