Winter. Gloves. Mobile devices. Touch screens. Problem. Smartphones expect fingers instead of fabric, and although quite strange solutions have been seen (including frozen sausages), many users out there want a more comfortable option. That's where TAPS appears, a project that aims to launch touchscreen-compatible stickers to the market that are placed on the fingers of our gloves.
The hyper-connectivity of these days and the hostility of the climate can put the average user in a bind when they have to take their smartphone out of their pocket to answer a message. Keeping our hands warm is very important, but the vast majority of smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches do not react if we wear gloves. The market responded to this conflict with a series of special gloves, which of course cost more than many would prefer to pay, and over the years very strange ideas have emerged, such as Korean users with frozen sausages as a stylus. Before running to the store, I think we have something better here.
The name of the project is TAPS, and they are essentially nothing more than touchscreen-compatible stickers. They install on any glove, are easy to remove, last a long time, do not affect the glove material, and are waterproof. Besides turning regular gloves into ideal ones for touch screens, TAPS stickers can also be used to repair other "touchscreen gloves" that have stopped working. An interesting detail about TAPS is that it offers support for Apple's Touch ID function and the small screens of smartwatches. The magic (read "conductivity") behind the stickers is in a liquid with proprietary formula and military-grade polyurethane.
Each package of TAPS comes with four units in total, and its Kickstarter campaign sells them for eight dollars, not including shipping. The campaign needs exactly eight thousand Canadian dollars to move to the next phase, and is very close to reaching 50 percent. If all goes well, the first deliveries of the stickers will take place in December, before the end of the year.
