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Touché: Enhancing Touch Interaction on Humans, Screens, Liquids, and Everyday Objects

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What it is

Disney Research presents Touche, a swept frequency capacitive sensing technique that recognizes complex hand and body configurations, and adds touch sensitivity to humans, liquids and everyday objects.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Brought up as an early example of context-aware touch sensing and as part of Disney Research's wider interaction prototypes.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “If you liked this, check out another project from Disney labs”

    Another Disney Research project on touch interaction.

    smtddr, 2014-10 · Recommendation · in “Fluid Actuators from Disney Research Make Soft, Safe Robot Arms”

  2. “Their Disney Research Hub channel is a goldmine.”

    Turns the world into a touchscreen.

    jorvi, 2024-01 · Recommendation · in “Disney unveils the HoloTile floor”

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Topics: touche, swept frequency, disney research, gesture sensing, human-computer interaction

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