Murata Leaf Grip remote controller and touch pressure pad unveiled
The Murata Leaf Grip remote controller and touch pressure pad appears to do have been dropped straight out of a scientific movie. Its conceptual design incorporates a high-transparency organic piezoelectric film that detects and enables bending the Leaf Grip plate, for it to be operated by twisting and bending.
Users have to slowly twist the plate to change channels on television and twisting it rapidly allows them to switch the input. The volume can be tweaked by bending the plate and on the other hand, shaking it lightly turns power on or off. The novelty may leave many open-mouthed, but as opposed to regular remote controls this one requires both hands to be operated.
In case of the touch pressure pad, its piezoelectric film is not subject to the pyroelectric effect. This means that a simple touch (as in the case of the Leaf Grip) will not generate voltage, instead it will detect finger movements in left, right, up and down directions and the pad can also sense pressure.
The screen on the touch pressure pad views data from the device it is connected to. For instance, it will show information that is on the laptop screen, to which the pad is connected via a USB cable. Thus, data on the pad can be enlarged quickly by simply pressing on the touch panel with a strong force. A weaker force enlarges the data at a slower pace. The company aims to create gadgets that provide easy-to-use, human-machine interfaces
The Murata Leaf Grip remote controller and touch pressure pad sample shipments can be expected to arrive by next year. The pricing of these devices has not yet been revealed.
