AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being, Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
KEYWORDS
touchless, elevator, Contactless, covid-19, coronavirus
COUNTRY
Singapore
DESIGNED BY
Stuck_Labs
WEBSITE
https://stucklab.com/kinetic-touchless
Kinetic Touchless
Touchless buttons for safer interactions during Covid-19
Kinetic Touchless is an contactless interaction that brings tactility back to touchless tech. By mimicking movement at a distance, it provides tactile feedback that mirrors the input motion, even when no direct contact is involved. In doing so, Kinetic Touchless capitalises on the flexibility of contactless interactions while maintaining the tactility of contact interactions. This type of touchless interaction can be applied to various gestures, such as pushing, pulling, and sliding.
With contactless interactions on the rise in the face of COVID-19, most touchless tech tends towards a static sensor with a light or buzz to indicate an activated button, greatly diminishing the push button interaction. On the other hand, the Kinetic Touchless button uses motion as feedback.
When used in the context of lift buttons, Kinetic Touchless mirrors your finger movements to recreate the tactile response of pushing a button.