Microsoft researchers are working on a force sensing technology that would let you bend/twist/stretch/squeeze your handheld device in order to control it.

This revolutionary idea allows users to apply force to their gadgets in order to perform virtual actions.

The technology uses four sensors that are embedded into the casing of the device so it does not have to be made out of special material.









"With force sensing, the user interacts with the casing of the device, turning an otherwise passive component that just holds the device together into an active input surface."

"Compared to shaking or tilting the device or using a touch screen, force sensing allows the screen to be kept at the most natural viewing angle and un-obscured."

"It allows mobile devices to avoid using up valuable form factor space on keys and therefore to be smaller, and it turns the passive casing into an active input thus maximising the utility of the whole surface area of the device."