This Revolutionary Wearable Gadget Turns Your Palm Into A Touch Interface
Fin is a Tiny Wearable Device that you can wear on the Thumb of your hand as a ring and it will make your whole palm, fingers as Numeric Keypad and Gesture Space.
By Sadho Ram — 03 Feb 2014, 06:39 PM — Updated about 10 years ago
The world could be at your fingertips, thanks to a new wearable, gesture-based gadget called FIN
Fin is a tiny hardware product that you can wear on your thumb as a ring and it will make your whole palm as a gesture interface. Fin can uniquely recognize each segments of the fingers and can convert your palm into a numeric keypad.
Fin is a Bluetooth enabled device that we can connect to three different digital world gadgets like Smartphones, Smart TVs, Automobiles, and Home automation devices providing multiple device compatibility. Fin reads different gestures from your palm and its corresponding values control connected devices.
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The ring-shaped technology is worn on the thumb, and communicates with different devices using Bluetooth
Fin has five pre-programmed gestures; in its final iteration, users will be able to create custom ones on an app that will come with the device.
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The creators of Fin said they hope the natural interaction can help people who are visually impaired. A video feedback from some blind people on how Fin can make their life better:
Speaking about the product, Rohildev Nattukallingal, founder of RHL Vision Technologies, the startup behind Fin, said:
"People in today's world are becoming more busy, but still they are wasting a lot of time interacting with their smart devices. Fin removes this interaction gap by allowing users to quickly interact with those devices."
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Fin can control the volume on a television, and even lets users text or dial a number without touching their phone
Thumb is accessible to anywhere in the palm and its more natural too. So wearing a Fin will make your palm as a touch interface that enables the people to interact with Smartphones [Dial Numbers, Attending calls, SMS, Social media, Taking Quick Notes etc.] especially for visually challenged people since they sense the world through touch.
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Fin can control your smart TV, to change the channels, control sounds by mere natural finger swipes. Fin can control your car from being your cars key to controlling your phone while driving, navigate your maps, receive calls and read messages, change music, and other car utilities just by finger swipe without even taking your hands off the steering wheel there by not distracting yourself from driving.
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Fin can last for up to a month on one charge if it's in power-saving mode, and is only used for eight hours a day
Fin will retail for $120, and is expected to be released in September 2014. Its creators also plan to release a software development kit, so developers can create their own apps for Fin. The device will be sold in five different colors.
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Nattukallingal and his team aim to raise $100,000 in flexible funding on crowdfunding site Indiegogo (this means they will still receive the funds even if they don't reach their goal). As of press time, the campaign has raised more than $16,662 with 20 days remaining.