{"id":25398,"date":"2016-05-05T19:48:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T02:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/navigate-your-smartwatch"},"modified":"2017-04-24T21:00:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T04:00:09","slug":"navigate-your-smartwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/navigate-your-smartwatch","title":{"rendered":"Navigate your smartwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9hu8MNuvCHE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>New tech from Carnegie Mellon makes it much easier to play \u2018Angry Birds\u2019 on your wrist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Smartwatches walk a fine line between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconliving.com\/2016\/03\/30\/casio-smart-watch-android\/\">functionality<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconliving.com\/2016\/02\/12\/this-is-the-most-expensive-version-of-gear-s2-clock\">fashion<\/a>, but new SkinTrack technology from Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Future Interfaces Group makes the size of the screen a moot point. The SkinTrack system consists of a ring that emits a continuous high-frequency AC signal and a sensing wristband that goes under the watch. The wristband tracks the finger wearing the ring and senses whether the digit is hovering or actually making contact with your arm or hand, turning your skin into an extension of the touchscreen.<\/p>\n<p>The tech is so precise that you\u2019re able to use the back of your hand to dial a phone number, draw letters for navigation shortcuts, scroll through apps, play <em>Angry Birds<\/em> or select an item from a list. Researchers at the Future Interfaces Group say the tech is 99 percent accurate when it comes to touch.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconliving.com\/2016\/05\/05\/navigate-smartwatch-touching-skin\/\">http:\/\/www.siliconliving.com\/2016\/05\/05\/navigate-smartwatch-touching-skin\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New tech from Carnegie Mellon makes it much easier to play \u2018Angry Birds\u2019 on your wrist. Smartwatches walk a fine line between functionality and fashion, but new SkinTrack technology from Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Future Interfaces Group makes the size of the screen a moot point. The SkinTrack system consists of a ring that emits a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-mobile-phones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42077,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25398\/revisions\/42077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}