When's the last time you used a balloon for anything other than making animals or decorating a party. Well in the future, those inflatable flexible bags filled with gas could be repurposed for other purposes. Some folks over in Japan have come up with a way to turn balloons into input devices with the use of a pressure sensor and a microphone. Every time a user strokes, strikes or squeezes the balloon, the sensors can detect the distinctive sound of stroking the balloon or change in pressure to recognize the action.
Ubergizmo, Balloon turned into an input device
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