{"id":15806,"date":"2014-01-10T10:45:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T05:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=15806"},"modified":"2014-01-10T12:43:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T07:13:59","slug":"fin-a-ring-that-turns-your-hand-into-a-touch-interface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/fin-a-ring-that-turns-your-hand-into-a-touch-interface\/","title":{"rendered":"Fin &#8211; A ring that turns your hand into a touch interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have seen a host of wearable gadgets like the <a title=\"Project Glass: Google\u2019s eyeglasses for the future\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/project-glass-googles-latest-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Glass<\/a> and <a title=\"Samsung launches Galaxy Note 3 &amp; Galaxy Smartwatch\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/samsung-launches-galaxy-note-3-galaxy-smartwatch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung&#8217;s Smart Watch<\/a>. But how about a Smart ring?<\/p>\n<p>RHL Vision Technologies Pvt. Ltd. a tech start-up firm incubated at Startup Village, Kochi has come up with a new gadget called the <strong>&#8216;Fin&#8221; a small wearable ring<\/strong> with which you can control your entire digital world. Fin is a Bluetooth enabled ring that you can wear on your thumb. It will make your whole palm as a touch interface and allows you to control connected devices like TV, smartphone and other home automation devices.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZ6PVBvQf-g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fin can detect and read different gestures from your palm and its corresponding values control connected devices. An optical sensor is placed inside the Fin, when it detects a gesture; it sends that command off to your connected device. For example, swiping your thumb down your index finger could turn your phone\u2019s volume down. Fin can accurately track movement of your thumb on the palm and also detect each part of your finger where you are touching.<\/p>\n<p>Fin can be used in many applications. It allows people to interact with Smartphones &#8211; you can dial numbers, attending calls, SMS, social media, taking quick notes etc. <em>Fin can be used in cars to control your phone while driving, navigate your maps, receive calls and read messages, change music, and other car utilities without taking your hands off the steering wheel.<\/em> Other applications of Fin includes &#8211; sharing files between your friends with the tap of your finger or using as controllers for gaming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15822\" alt=\"fin01\" src=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/files\/2014\/01\/fin01.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2014\/01\/fin01.jpg 738w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2014\/01\/fin01-222x148.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fin can support up to three difference devices with a single finger, can act as a security authenticator, recognize each division of fingers and has gesture interaction on palm. Moreover<strong> Fin is fashionable, water proof, dust proof and durable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fin is powered by a polymer lithium battery with a durability of more than one month. It uses Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR and 4.0 for communication. Fin is compatible with iOS, Android and Windows Phones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15823\" alt=\"joggign fin\" src=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/files\/2014\/01\/joggign-fin.jpg\" width=\"592\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fin is ready to go live after being a prototype for over one year. However, this device currently isn&#8217;t in the original form. RHL Vision Technologies is currently reaching out to creative developers, wearable tech pioneers, enthusiastic early adopters, etc to make Fin to be more than just a prototype. <strong>Fin has entered in the Top 15 Start-ups in the world in TechCrunch Hardware Battlefield 2014<\/strong> held in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have seen a host of wearable gadgets like the Google Glass and Samsung&#8217;s Smart Watch. But how about a Smart ring? RHL Vision Technologies Pvt. Ltd. a tech start-up firm incubated at Startup Village, Kochi has come up with a new gadget called the &#8216;Fin&#8221; a small wearable ring with which you can control [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":15821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[395,149],"class_list":["post-15806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-startup-village","tag-startups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}