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Taichi Inoue made this unique touchscreen system. As the pictures at the link illustrate, the screen lies at the bottom of a water tank about eighteen inches deep. But the user needs to insert just two inches of a finger into the water to activate a feature on the screen. Inoue accomplished this by directing a webcam at the surface of the water. The webcam then measures the location and depth of the finger to provide instructions to the computer.
http://taichi.s372.xrea.com/minamo_en.html via Make
Comments (2)
Boogity-boogity-boogity--Friday 13th
Le magicien Harry Houdini utilisait cet appareil pour se faire attacher les pouces.
Aristide from france
I think it's telling how many folks took one look and said, "Oh! Thumbscrews!" Like I did.
-T
Here's where I get it from: Yossie Silverman's freakishly cool collection of handcuffs and other strange devices at Blacksteel
January 13th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
Well, you could put your nuts in it, if that’s your idea of a good time…
ah ha ha ha ha ah, but ouch !