With this smartphone case, pinch-to-zoom really means pinch-to-zoom
Imagine if the back of your phone was covered in a flesh-like material that actually can be pinched and tickled. Sounds sort of, well, gross, right? NewScientist reports about such a protective case for your phone that uses an artificial skin that users can pinch to zoom in or out, or they can tap on it to make a selection. A user can even slide his or her fingers on the skin to scroll up or down the display.
Besides being used on the back of a phone, the "Skin-on" interface can connect to a laptop and be employed as a touchpad, or even find a home on a smartwatch band. Despite all of these possible applications, Teyssier didn't exactly announce that there are plans to sell this to the public in some form. And frankly, we're not so sure that many would buy a case for their phone that looks like flesh. However, this could be the perfect case to put your phone in for Halloween, which coincidentally is only a week and a half away.
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