KickSoul: A Wearable System for Feet Interactions with Digital Devices

In this paper we present a wearable device that maps natural feet movements into inputs for digital devices. KickSoul consists of an insole with sensors embedded that tracks movements and triggers actions in devices that surround us. We present a novel approach to use our feet as input devices in mo...

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Main Authors: Benavides Palos, Xavier (Contributor), Zhu Jin, Chang Long (Contributor), Maes, Patricia (Contributor), Paradiso, Joseph A (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor), Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for Computing Machinery, 2017-04-06T16:49:24Z.
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