"One of the biggest challenges with smartwatches is trying to navigate through apps on a relatively tiny screen," said Ben Popper at The Verge. To solve that problem, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a technology that turns the skin on your arm and hand into an extension of the smartwatch's touch screen. The system, known as SkinTrack, combines a signal-emitting ring worn on the finger that communicates with a sensing band attached to the watch.
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