A creepy phone case made from artificial human skin has been revealed, just in time for Halloween .
Researchers from Telecom Paris have created the strange case, which responds to touches including tickles, strokes and pinches.
On the project website , Marc Teyssier, who led the project, explained: “Skin-On Interfaces are sensitive skin-like input methods than can be added to existing devices to increase their capabilities.
“When we interact with others, we use skin as interfaces. However the objects of mediated communication - such as the smartphone - still has a cold interface that doesn't allow natural interaction and input.
“In this project, I wanted to make available the perfect human interface that is the skin for existing devices.”
The bizarre case comes in two forms - one with a basic, uniform surface, and one with an eerily realistic skin-like surface.
This artificial skin is made of a layer of stretchable copper wire, which sits between two layers of silicone.
Mr Teyssier added: “To improve the visual appearance of the interface, the excess of silicone can be trimmed before being folded around the side of the hypodermis layer and glued with silicone glue.
“Paint or makeup can be added to shade the artificial skin with flesh like tonal variation, thus increasing anthropomorphism.”
The case is being presented at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology in New Orleans, and it remains unclear when, or if, it will be available to buy.
