Tap on, tap off
Gaudy control panels and bulky remote controllers are so five minutes ago, so French start-up company Sensitive Object developed a technology to turn any object into an input device, it's kindof like a tactile universal Clapper, well sort of. Tapping the rigid surface of objects like tables, windows, or chairs, can change channels, control PCs, or answer phones. The technology uses sensors and a process called "time reversal acoustics" (most likely doesn't reverse time, but we're looking into it) to hook up the chosen object to the receiving device. We're thinking this might solve the problem of our perminently lost TV remote, since it's a little harder to misplace the dining room table. This picture shows their showroom in Paris, where they've turned the display window into a giant light switch.
