A prototype Smartphone can Identify Fingernails and Knuckle Touch

Computer scientist, Chris Harrison has built a prototype smartphone that can differentiate between touches from the knuckle, fingertip and even fingernail.

Chris Harrison from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, modified a Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone to run on his FingerSense software.

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The modified Smartphone has a small vibration sensor that looks for the acoustic and vibrational differences between the three types of touch.

For example, a fingertip could help select an object while a knuckle tap could act like the right-click on a computer mouse and open up a submenu.

"A big problem with touchscreens right now is that they are very simplistic, relative to the capability of our hands," Harrison said.

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"We could do so much more," he said.

He said that the sensor is a standard piece of electronics, which could be added to any Smartphone's main circuit board.

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"The real magic is in the software, this artificial intelligence that lives in the heart of the phone," he added.

He has launched a company called Qeexo to sell his creation.

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Source-ANI