January 2011
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Yamaha Infosound
Of all the things that the ol’ boob tube does well, directing viewers to advertiser’s websites is not one of them. In an era where most TVs are still not internet connected, Yamaha has dreamt up a canny work around: the technique, dubbed InfoSound, plays an inaudible (18 kHz or higher) signal over your TV’s audio track that can be picked up by your smartphone’s mic...
“We hope the idea will take off, simply because we think it’d be cool if in...”
– From: http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/ten_one_design_bringing_tactility_to_touchscreens_18243.asp
I find it quite funny that we’re now inventing ways to make touchscreens (and indeed other technologies) function as well as traditional interfaces for some tasks, usually by bolting on...
