Don’t you find it too much of a chore to reach all the way into your pocket/bag/carry case and hit the right button or area of the screen on your iPhone to perform the function you want? Obviously someone out there agrees with you as a researcher at Osaka University has created the Mimi Switch (also known as an ‘Ear Switch’).
The system basically senses tiny movements in your ear caused by changing facial expressions, and utilises these to carry out various functions. For example, it might skip forwards if you wink your right eye, skip back when you wink your left eye, and play/pause when you stick out your tongue. The micro computer involved can of course map controls to any device/system it is integrated with, in theory controlling lights, TV’s, or pretty much any electronic device that takes any sort of user input.
This sounds like a novel idea for controlling things like lights (although we already have clap switches), unless of course you have an inappropriate facial tic. More of concern is being out and about and winking to change your current track and having it mis-interpreted in the wrong company.
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