"DuoSkin" which turns the body into a touch device that can operate smartphones simply by pasting it on yourself

One of the places where computers that are getting smaller and more advanced will arrive is said to be "integration with the human body", but devices that let you feel such a future are announced. MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Microsoft Research announcedDuoSkinIs a device that enables you to incorporate a pointing device, display display, and communication device based on NFC, just by sticking it from the skin like a tattoo seal.

DuoSkin | MIT Media Lab
http://duoskin.media.mit.edu/

An example of using DuoSkin looks like this. By attaching a thin conductive film using gold foil on the skin, it becomes possible to mount a touch panel that can be operated by touching with your fingers on your body.


It is also possible to form a matrix by insulating the intersecting films as follows and form touch pads that can operate up, down, left, and right. This makes it possible to operate like a screen on a smartphone.


DuoSkin can also incorporate the function to emit light in a thin film circuit.


It is possible to even embed the LED as below.


Furthermore, it is also possible to create NFC transmitter / receiver using Bluetooth with DuoSkin.


In other words, DuoSkin is a device that allows you to use your skin as "input (input)", "output (output)" and "communication (communication)". Although it seems that there is little influence on the human body because it is only affixed like a seal, although it is a concern as to how durable it is for continuous use, as a fusion of familiar UI and eventually fashion and technology It seems to be a technology that feels the possibility.

It is possible to see the appearance of actually manipulating DuoSkin, and designing and creating a circuit, and actually cutting out and sticking it in the following movie.

DuoSkin: Functional, stylish on-skin user interfaces on Vimeo


Design of the circuit is done with software such as Illustrator ......


Based on the data, cut the sheet with the membrane attached with a cutter.


Remove unnecessary parts of the membrane.


And paste it on the skin ...


When you peel off the sheet, DuoSkin is installed completely.