not such a good idea: Bath with normal tablet
Japanese love to swim – and they love high-tech electronics such as tablet computers . Unfortunately, fit bath and tablet but not together because electronic devices should better not get wet and it is always ansträngend to keep his hands out of the water while swimming. However, scientists from Japan have now created the “ AquaTop display ” a prototype of a device that the water surface in the bathtub as a screen for the PC or tablet can use and can process via Microsoft Kinect Motion detection as input as well touches directly on a touch screen tablet.
bath + beamer + Microsoft Kinect = AquaTop display
An intelligent combination of already available electronic devices together with a sophisticated software makes it possible for the bathtub as a projection screen and input device such as use in a touch-screen tablet.
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Video: AquaTop display makes your bath a Touch Screen
winning innovation with many new applications
The scientists are from Koike Laboratory University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo have the AquaTop display won several awards, such as . the Laval Virtual Awards 2013 Grand Prix
Thanks to the three-dimensional properties of water can be a whole new pattern of movement for apps Create – eg can be an item on the water with both hands “scoop out” and place it again in another place. For Games can be use individually for game control the properties of water.
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To ensure that images can be shown clearly, however, is currently still a rather milky color of the water required. With some commercial bath salts , this effect is relatively easy to produce, however. Currently it is the bathtubs touchscreen tablet nor a prototypes , but he offers, if implemented many funny and interesting applications for children as well as for adults . Normal bathtubs with built-in screen will probably soon look here compared old.
