Pop-up buttons the future of touchscreens?

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The inner workings of the pop-up touchscreen prototype

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An example of the pop-up touchscreen prototype

The above diagram demonstrates the pressurized pop-up touchscreen buttons

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“Eyes-free” mobile phone dialing may be a not-too-distant reality. Hot on the heels of Google recently announcing its experimental Android powered interface comes this prototype from Carnegie Mellon University featuring pop-out buttons on a touch-screen which allow you to tap away without keeping a close eye on the screen.

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