THAW transfers smartphone files to PC by screen contact

Shane McGlaun

We have seen apps that allow you to transfer content between your smartphone and the PC in the past, these apps are nothing new. We have also seen methods for transferring contacts between smartphones initiated by bumping devices together. Researchers at MIT have created a combination of those two types of apps and ended up with THAW.

THAW is a smartphone system developed at MIT that allows you to transfer content between your smartphone and PC by pressing the smartphone against the screen of your computer. THAW also allows the smartphone to be used as a game controller by pressing it against the screen of the PC.

Files can also be moved from the computer to the PC when the smartphone is pressed against the screen of the computer. Once the smartphone is pressed against the screen, files can be dragged to where the phone is and dropped to let them transfer.

THAW will also allow users to transfer web pages from the computer to the smartphone using physical screen contact. While the file transferring capabilities are cool, its use as a gaming controller that is the most interesting. One of the coolest things is the ability to transfer something from the game, like a character, to your phone, and then deposit that game character back onto the PC screen in a different area. Check out the video to see THAW in action, it looks very slick. There is no word on when or if it will come to market.

SOURCE: Engadget

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