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Sauce: https://www.instagram.com/p/BlkyHdNDeyU/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=ksiew19sv8uu
Xwolfking88
I would forget all the gestures constantly.
simplejacksoffhismeds
You may say i'm a dreamer, but i'm not the only one.
StaleChipsll
My guess is that this works acoustically? There's supposedly a way to get a cat's attention rubbing your index and thumb together.
xunatham
We know radio waive damage the brain and now this …
SharkCoochieBoardLover
Too bad I’d rather have a touch screen
Derplord
I just don't think this is practical.
vindik8or
Imagine a touchscreen that works!
xcimo
You got any more of these pixels?
CaptainMiffles
Congrats your phone is now a theramin
Srslythoguys
RPCharImages
At last.....The device that will be the MOST IRRITATING THING to have malfuntion even slightly.
Mkitsune
and all I hear in my mind is "SCREEEEEEEEE" from the high pitch these things make CONSTANTLY. that's the issue with the prototype, anyway.
OohPee
Prediction: Android will adopt the tech and have it on all phones. Apple will start using it 3 years later and call it revolutionary.
LlamaEaters
8! 8 pixels! Ha ha ha!
Vigilante03
Imagine how many false readings something like that would get.
CyborgMatador
Who asked for this though?
BasicBee
Worlds tiniest violin finally has some competition.
Tortfeas0r
“When I’m done rolling up this booger, should I eat it or send a text?”
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howaboutnothankyouverymuch
That would be the first app I download
izoli413365
I clean my screen from oil and shit like once a week or 2. Takes all but 10 seconds. There must be a better purpose for the tech?
ilavalamp
Gestures probably won't replace touch screens (at least any time soon) likely they will be used alongside each other.
ilavalamp
e.g. controlling apps that you would prefer to see the whole screen without needing to put a finger in the way like video apps, maybe games.
thefinaldegree
It's more aimed at wearables, where you can't put that much screen for controls
UselessMorty
Find as long as i can play bloons td on my phone without turning it into a Block of Lava
ChloeRed
Makes me think of the radio in HHGTTG, works brilliantly.. but you have to sit very still to keep on the same programme/volume settings.. ;)
MIKUWEPTDANKMEMES
Seems like it would be extremely impractical then. Especially for those with fine motor problems
bobkirk22
Reminds me of the radio controls in the Heart of Gold ship in HHGTTG. You had to sit extremely still to listen to the same station.
anonjustforthisone
Nykidemus
This is my exact complaint about touch screens and fucking static buttons. My cat can turn off my TV, it's bullshit.
anonjustforthisone
Mine switched on the stove.... Have smelled many things burning at 3am. We switch it off at the wall at night now.
Nykidemus
Oh jesus, that's a disaster waiting to happen.
RadioSilenceDW
Dammit was going to post that myself.
anonjustforthisone
Was a bastard to find. Couldn't remember which book or correct phrasing.
LoopyMind
So it's not a touchscreen then.. Now is it?!
RNeao
A flux feel-zone
maelennfromterokkareu
A wave screen
IllegalDuckling
I mean, you are touching yourself.
Tikityler
Thats besides the point...
nevaran
So... Touchself?
WhyDidISignUpForThis
I already do.
Gayforbae
It's a donttouchscreen
OddOod
Honestly, it's a touchscreen with the sensitivity amped way up
Steven054
I'M NOT TOUCHING YOU I'M NOT TOUCHING YOU I'M NOT TOUCHING YOU I'M NOT TOUCHING YOU *slaps sibling in the face*
Cole2999
Well, it could also be a touchscreen
Denamic
rip tactile feedback
HsuDoNihm
Don't say that; you could use these massively clunky gloves! https://haptx.com/
Denamic
That's pretty neat, but I'm gonna wait for the 4th or 5th gen of the hardware at least
HsuDoNihm
Yup. I'm not interested in beta testing; I want a mature product not a finicky thing.
Rivalyn
Think about how responsive your current touchscreen device is, now imagine it doing it at half the speed and a quarter of the response.
Camelspotting
Why is imgur always so negative about experimental tech?
Rivalyn
This video has been floating around for a while with no devices actually made for public use. Maybe it's good stuff, but it's too early.
Camelspotting
Too early for what? And who gives a fuck? It's interesting tech.
fullsanta
Because these posts are Facebook like tech ads where they promise something cool that will be available in the next decade if we're lucky.
Camelspotting
...and? You're salty because you can't buy it?
Kallistocles
SlyeFox
Exactly what I thought of.
Amuzaulo
*scratches face* sends nudes to all your contacts.
Mrjeevez
WhistlingButt
Now imagine what happens when you beatin the meat
HodgePodgekin
Sold! I’ve been looking for an easier way to do that.
TankBlaster24
If youve got a samasuckit, that feature is already enabled!
bitterTaker
I’m assuming this is a Italian software engineer.
Ketheres
Hah! I have no contacts aside for my mom, and she has already seen me naked! Like, 15 years ago though but anyway.
AnotherFreakingAccount
Shares pornhub video on Facebook while tagging your grandmother
MostIndeedlySo
"Grandmother likes the video you shared."
jellotheautobandasisgud
SpecialProjectY
Well, she is in the video...soo...
designedbyhumans
Plot twist^
saithvatar
More pixels please.
thefinaldegree
Here's the actual sauce: https://youtu.be/0QNiZfSsPc0
DancingPanther
Ironically, a video about the amazing technological advancements in today's society was recorded with a toaster.
Rubeuss
You mean it has been copied over and over and lost quality.
idonthaveauser
Sorry, at the time this video was made, this was all they had. Also: canceled long ago.
LeSethX
I've seen this in higher resolution, but I didn't realize it had been cancelled
Scirax
This video has been going around for years, they just happen to be in GIF form now, promising the same crap with no results.
effigyoma
The Samsung Galaxy S5 incorporated a hover-touch tech like this. It worked pretty well for previewing emails, but went crazy when wet.
GodsFoot
10 more years
AnotherMediocreUser
10 more years for the next 20 years
carsandpibblesarelife
BMW uses this technology in their cars...
TheWasson
I can’t remember if it was BMW or Mercedes that just put this tech in one of their new cars to go along side the touch screen.
68plus1
BMW 7 series
carsandpibblesarelife
BMW does have it, not sure about Mercedes
Fait
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3181752/software-games/google-to-ship-project-soli-gesture-development-kits-later-this-year.html
DemmyDemon
That's from March of last year, though.
BrokeMyFunnyBone
And it was shipped. Dev teams have it.
DemmyDemon
Glad to hear it. Looks 'mazing.
Fait
It takes while for this amazing stuff to be developed.
ealkrjj
I think they've made some progress since it was unveiled a few years ago. https://atap.google.com/soli/
Scirax
That's nice. But show me a device currently on the market, or coming out soon, that actually uses it and I'll change my outlook.
UnpopularOpinionPuffinPersonified
And what exactly is your outlook? That advanced technology should magically develop faster?
ealkrjj
Your outlook is your prerogative. It's just odd that not being developed fast enough for you becomes, "same crap with no results"
BrokeMyFunnyBone
Do you expect new technologies once thought impossible or too impractical to make real to be developed instantly just because you demand it?
Scirax
Years doesnt mean "instantly" specially in today's ever-advancing technological age where a new smart phone is outdated in months.
BrokeMyFunnyBone
Outdated in the sense that a new phone will come out, not outdated in the sense that its features become obsolete.
BrokeMyFunnyBone
And I like how you choose to reply only to me because you saw the word "instantly"and latched onto it because you can object to my hyperbole
thewiggins
but muh cold fusion
TristanEngelbertVanBevervoorde
SimCity 2000 already showed a working example of a fusion power plant so it's a bit strange we haven't seen one in the real world yet.
Lamounier1
We have working fusion reactors, but they consume more power than they generate, so it's useless.
TristanEngelbertVanBevervoorde
I just hoped no one noticed the flaw in my comment. ;)