Future TUI (Tangible User Interface) mobile phone. This is a post-Looking Glass concept; I’m thinking this type of user interface will be commercialized after touchscreen hopefully within a few decades.
As matter of fact, Looking Glass has two sequels in my head.
Looking Glass –> FiiL –> ???
I’ll make a post of the 3rd concept after I make a few that introduce more application examples of FiiL.
![Fiil_1](http://petitinvention.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiil_1.jpg)
![Fiil_3](http://petitinvention.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiil_3.jpg)
![Fiil_4](http://petitinvention.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiil_4.jpg)
![Fiil_5](http://petitinvention.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiil_5.jpg)
![Fiil_6](http://petitinvention.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiil_6.jpg)
Basically this is a touchscreen, but this mobile phone lets you “feel” what you’re touching. The flexible screen surface makes z-axis movements and takes shapes of buttons, switches and so on.
![Fiil_7](http://petitinvention.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiil_7.jpg)
For example, you toggle a switch to unlock the phone.
![Fiil_8](http://petitinvention.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiil_8.jpg)
![Fiil_9](http://petitinvention.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiil_9.jpg)
Buttons are now real buttons that you can feel the height of. You also feel the pressure when you push it.
![Fiil_10](http://petitinvention.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiil_10.jpg)
Not leveled ground can be instantly scanned and rendered on the screen, which must be helpful for visually disabled people.
![Fiil_11a](http://petitinvention.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiil_11a.jpg)
![Fiil_11b](http://petitinvention.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiil_11b.jpg)
Solar charging. How much is completed can be known by its shape.
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