Fingertips 'read' text messages

A way to read text messages just by touch has been developed by researchers in Germany, reports the BBC.

"Scientists from the Division of Neural Computation at Bonn University have created a mobile with tiny arrays embedded with moving pins that rise and fall under a person's fingertips.

This allows a person to perceive a text message as a 'tactile melody', according to the scientists.

They have shown off a working prototype of the phone at this week's Hanover industrial trade fair".

emily | 4:12 PM | Technology |
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