Category Archives: interaction

Visa Micro Tag

Just stumbled upon this new way to pay. Why haven’t I seen such a life-changing product yet? When is it coming to the UK? Visa payWave allows your Visa Micro Tag to be read only when in close proximity (1-2 inches) to a secure reader that accepts Visa payWave payments. After waving your Visa Micro

Wii Remote Hacks – Perspective Enhanced Gaming?

I was doing some searches on how people have been hacking the Nintendo Wii Remote, making use of the plethora of sensors it contains – an ADXL330 accelerometer 3-axis accelerometer, a PixArt optical sensor, allowing it to determine where the Wii Remote is pointing (senses infrared light sources like the Wii’s sensor bar). I came

Vibrations Used to Control Objects

OK, I tried to be funny with the title there. No more S&M innuendos, I promise. Researchers from TAI-CHI (Tangible Acoustic Interfaces for Computer-Human Interaction), based “somewhere” in Europe, have developed techniques to locate the origin of vibrations on physical objects. The article discusses how the team has developed four main technologies, which I won’t