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MIT Researchers Develop Wireless Trackpad For Your Thumbnail

itwbennett writes: Called NailO, the prototype trackpad is similar to the stick-on nails sometimes used as a fashion accessory. It attaches to the user's thumb and can be controlled by running a finger over its surface. The processor, battery, sensing chip and Bluetooth radio are included on a circuit board that sits under the capacitive trackpad. The two are connected via a small ribbon cable, which means the trackpad is not quite as thin as a stick-on nail, but reducing the size is one of the aims of the researchers.

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  1. So that's what Matthew McConaughey was doing by Antibozo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    in those Lincoln commercials.