Monday, April 20, 2015

NailO, Mini Mouse Placed on Thumb Nails

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institue of Technology announced its development of a new device, named NailO. A mini trackpad or mouse are made just like a nail sticker, which is commonly used as accessories to decorate the nails of women.

NailO functions like a trackpad or mouse for notebooks, to navigate the cursor in sorting and browsing menus koputasi system. The controller is designed to be connected in a mobile device that can be adapted to support its accessories.

"NailO is an input device that can be used in the form of nail art stickers, a cosmetic product that is popular in Asian countries," said one researcher Massachussett Institue of Technology, quoted from page Daily Mail's website on Friday (04/17/2015).

According to researchers, NailO allows penggunananya to perform different functions on a mobile phone or a PC with different motions, but do not eliminate the trendy style of the wearer, so as to create a combination of function and aesthetics.

The researchers revealed that the commercial product, will use a membrane or coating that can be opened. Making it easier to toggle the user's favorite color, or to support other accessories.

Advantages of the researchers explained that run our fingers over the thumb nail or the thumbnail is a natural activity. As well as attract attention when he was in a meeting, but not all of the tools can be used to reply to a text message urgent.

In a later development, the researchers will create and consolidate smaller components inside the chip. Thereby further reducing power consumption in excess. But unfortunately, has not been clear about the time of mass production of the device, but the product has been presented at the Computer konferesni in Seoul, South Korea.

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