Researchers at Glasgow University have come up with a novel way of interacting with your phone, giving it a shake to feel what is ‘inside’ it.
Their software - Shoogle - uses the motion sensors found in (e.g.) a Nokia N95 to detect when the phone is being shaken and then gives audio and tactile feedback using a combination of the vibrating motor and speakers.
For example, if the phone is low on power, Shoogle can make it feel as though it has a small amount of liquid ‘juice’ sloshing around inside. The software can also make it feel as though there are a different number of balls rattling inside the phone according to how many text messages are waiting to be read.
Shoogle is just a research project at the moment, but the release of Nokia’s Sensor Framework API means that we should be seeing more stuff like this in the wild in the coming months.
