If you like to discover new ways to control iPhone terminals without actually touching the screen and manipulating the operating system interface iOS, well today I have for you a case designed by Disney laboratories and Carnegie Mellon University, and in the video clip above you can see exactly what it offers us.
Acoustruments is the name the device you see controlling the iPhone terminal in the clip, it taking over the sounds produced by squeezing it and redirecting them to the iPhone's microphone, the end result being the control of an application, because iOS can only be controlled through the modes allowed by by Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),.
We introduce Acoustruments: low-cost, passive, and powerless mechanisms, made from plastic, that can bring rich, tangible functionality to handheld devices. Through a structured exploration, we identified an expansive vocabulary of design primitives, providing building blocks for the construction of tangible interfaces utilizing smartphones' existing audio functionality. By combining design primitives, familiar physical mechanisms can all be constructed from passive elements.
The application developed by the Disney laboratory and Carnegie Mellon University knows how to interpret the sounds emitted by Acoustruments, and based on the imagination of the developers, users could display diverse content or control a multitude of functions using simple sounds emitted by the case, but only in the dedicated application.
The best part of this accessory is that it does not need electricity to work, so it does not affect the battery autonomy of our terminals in any way or another, so you can benefit from its functionality without any impediment as long as your devices I am in operation.
Considering that Acoustruments is currently in the development process, no one knows when or if it will reach the market, so there is a good chance that this video clip will remain the only proof of its existence and the only demonstration of how it allows controlling iPhones.
