Sounds like a good time to "roboticize" a cadaver :)



Quoting "M. Adam Davis" <stienman@gmail.com>:

> Hopefully someons has done this before, but if not perhaps you know
> some references or resources that might get me started.
>
> I'd like to be able to attach a device to, say, an iPad, and cause the
> ipad to register touches to the screen as though a human touched it.
> In essence I need to simulate a human body electrically.  The contacts
> will be in constant contact with the iPad, but I need to turn them on
> and off with another device.
>
> What is the electrical equivalent to the human body that would be
> suitable for this type of sensor actuation?  What is the appropriate
> contact material (ie, should I use a PCB with pads, a wire, a
> conductive cloth or foam, etc)?  What should be on the other end of
> the contact that will let me switch the human capacitance on and off
> reliably?
>
> I've done a few trivially simple tests, but it looks like I need more
> reading material to understand exactly what's needed to triger such a
> system.
>
> -Adam
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