Posts Tagged ‘control’

iPod-Controlling Electronics Backpack

17, Aug 2006

This is the backpack that allows you to control all features of your iPod without having to take the music player out of the inside pocket where it is safely stowed, and it also has a padded laptop compartment and organizers for your other personal electronics. Your iPod simply plugs into a jack located inside, and a universal jack located on the left back strap accommodates your headphones, allowing complete control of your music player through the five-button control panel on the left strap. The panel controls volume, pause, menu selection, and stop functions. The backpack has six additional pockets, including a padded pocket to hold a laptop, and organizer pockets for PDA, keys, pens, cellphone, and other accessories. The durable 1680 ballistic nylon pack has self-mending zippers for long life and durability.

The price of the iPod-Controlling Electronics Backpack is $79.95

– More information about the iPod-Controlling Electronics Backpack…

Mution – Hands-off Music Control

14, Aug 2006

Mution is an experimental music device using an innovative user interface. Rather than the typical combination of buttons, remote controls and graphical displays, mution uses a video camera pointing at symbols on the wall and motion detection to control the playing of music.

Feedback is provided to the user with sound and, where appropriate, speech synthesis. The user-interface on the wall allows basic control of the music. More comprehensive controls and set-up of mution are accessed through a web-based interface served from the device.

The advantages of this innovative user-interface are numerous:
– As the controls are remote from the electrical components it is a safe solution for public spaces, or where electronics would normally be susceptible to damage from water, children, vandals etc.
– The user can design their own user-interface and position it anywhere
– It’s fun!

Mution is still being developed and isn’t comecrially available.

– For more information about the Mution User Interface project…


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