I love unique interface ideas, and this one definitely counts.
What are your thoughts on how to account for the user's fingers heating up the interface rods? I'm imagining someone going back to read a previous character, and their fingers having essentially "reset" the character from body temp.
This was just off the top of my head, but I imagined the thin rods having low enough thermal mass that the active TEC cooling would not cause fingers to significantly heat up the rods.
That is, the TEC cooler should be able to relatively quickly lower the temperature after the finger is removed.
Again, off the top of my head idea so no idea if it would work or not, but doing a quick viability check should be relatively easy and cheap.
What are your thoughts on how to account for the user's fingers heating up the interface rods? I'm imagining someone going back to read a previous character, and their fingers having essentially "reset" the character from body temp.