Thanks to some more research in Japan, your iPod (and iPhone) can be controlled by clenching your teeth. Perfect for those times where you just don’t want to have your iPod out in public! Never mind the headset laden with infrared sensors.
From the article, researcher Kazuhiro Taniguchi says:
He says “I just thought it’s inconvenient” to have to use your hands to switch on iPods or phones, especially on packed trains.
In the laboratory, grinding right teeth can play and halt music on an iPod while clenching left teeth makes it skip to the next track.
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/21/2010485.htm)
This might be a development someone wants to integrate with their iPhone application?
One Comment
Well that’s a relief. I often put the dangling earphone cords in my mouth whilst listening to something. (That’s probably not as applicable to your topic and not a good thing).