How to answer your phone with a flick of your foot

• Autores: Anna Nowogrodzki
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3049, 2015, pág. 25
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • KickSoul is an insole that people can slip inside shoes to control digital devices with a flick of their foot. Xavier Benavides and his team at the MIT Media Lab sewed a gyroscope and accelerometer between two layers of spongy insole. The system's algorithm analyses the foot's motion and transmits the information via Bluetooth to their phone. It recognizes two foot movements: pushing an imaginary object away with their foot and puffing one closer to people. With just two foot motions, they can scroll, zoom in and out on a map, accept or reject a phone call, save a file or delete it.