A cheeky wink can say an awful caboodle — but now it can do an awful lot , too . A new range of conducting cosmetic entail that you could soon be activating electronics with the blink of an oculus .
Developed by Katia Vega and prove off late at the Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces conference at the University of St Andrews , UK , the make - up provides a agency of generating nimble , simple micro - interactions . basically , a wearable alternative to some of the features declare oneself by the likes of Google Glass .
The range include metallized false eyelashes and conducting eyeshadow , reports New Scientist , both of which utilise low voltage circuitry to observe when someone twinkle . fortuitously involuntary blink is ignored . “ Blinking is sensed via the conductive eyeshadow and the information can be sent to a electric circuit inside a headband , perhaps activating something via an infrared beam,”explained Vega to New Scientist .
In her demonstrations , she ’s used the system to launch a miniature drone and activate light-emitting diode adorn her headwear . It ’s not yet a commercial go-ahead — Vega take to be “ in negotiations”—but it seems likely that this will become a material thing , and before long . In the meantime , she ’s already pursuing other wearable electronic ideas , including imitation fingernails with hidden RFID tag . Beatsputting the affair inside you , at least . [ New Scientist ]
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