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Bar Of Soap Is Multi-Talented Gadget That Susses Out What It Is Just By the Way You Hold It
Posted by Addy Dugdale at 12:20 AM on November 29, 2007
Researchers at MIT's Media Lab have come up with the Bar of Soap, a gadget that works out exactly what it is depending on how it is held. So, hold it like a camera, and you can take pics, hold it like a phone, and it makes calls. Basically developed as a prototype to test the grasp classification concept, the technology behind the Bar of Soap is expected to trickle down into future gizmos.
The unit itself is made out of plastic, and incorporates a touchscreen, an accelerometer, as well as 72 touch sensors, and internal Bluetooth. Currently 95 per cent accurate, the Bar of Soap's creators tested it in five ways: as a camera, gamepad, PDA, phone and remote control . [MIT via Oh!Gizmo]
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dontforget
Posted 2:55 PM 28/11/07
yea what if you're trying to sneak an upskirt pic and your phone rings
dontforget
Delmarc
Posted 2:24 PM 28/11/07
Does this Bar get smaller quicker depending how many people are using the same one???
Delmarc
huygir
Posted 12:35 PM 28/11/07
Stupid. What if I make phone call with my head at an angle - all of a sudden I get a flash in the face (or hang up on my mother-in-law)?
I see only trouble when this technology is used in the wrong gadgets... I prefer the explicit approach myself, thank you.
huygir
strider_mt2k
Posted 10:56 AM 28/11/07
Hold it like a Snozberry and it tastes like a Snozberry!
strider_mt2k
mtopper
Posted 10:01 AM 28/11/07
what if my girlfriend holds it like a ......
sorry - g rated site (I forgot)
mtopper
bmelton
Posted 9:47 AM 28/11/07
Hopefully this will put an end to all the retarded people that hold cellphones like tasers. Yeah, I get that they have speakerphone capabilities, but it still makes you look like a douche.
bmelton
Mr_Guiyotinne
Posted 9:12 AM 28/11/07
@92BuickLeSabre: Then you don´t want to slip it to the floor.
Great concept. Probably it will take ten years and hundreds of sues to make it to the street.
Mr_Guiyotinne
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 8:48 AM 28/11/07
....but what if I hold it like a Bar of Soap?
92BuickLeSabre
deusdiabolus
Posted 9:01 PM 28/11/07
What does it do if you stick it up your ass?
deusdiabolus
yougottabekidding
Posted 10:23 AM 29/11/07
@deusdiabolus: It turns into a suppository!
yougottabekidding