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Undeterred by its historic failure of Google Glass, Google is still investing heavily in various bizarre forms of wearable technology.
Recent projects, according to CNETThey include new mixed reality glasses, virtual reality controllers that allow you to feel the weight of virtual objects and new smart watches. But perhaps most unusual is a high-tech temporary tattoo that basically turns your flesh into a giant touchpad.
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CNET He reports that the idea behind the tattoo project, dubbed SkinMarks, is to make interacting with technology feel more natural. SkinMarks can be applied to fingers or parts of the hand that we control with instinctive fine motor skills, so using the sensors through a curve of the finger or clenching the fist could become second nature.
“Through a greatly reduced tattoo thickness and increased stretchability, a SkinMark is thin and flexible enough to accommodate irregular geometry, such as flex lines and protruding bones,” wrote researchers at the University of Saarland that were funded by Google to develop the technology in a white paper. about the project.
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In addition to the market value of beating other tech giants like Facebook or Apple in the portable game, CNET He reports that Google is particularly incentivized for more people to use portable devices, or literally print them on their skin, to collect even more of that sweet user data.
Targeted advertising brings Google more than $ 160 billion each year. And the new categories of data that devices like these tattoos would generate stands would be even more valuable
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