SelfieType is a project out of the Korean giant’s C-Lab startup incubator, which uses the front-facing camera to track your motion. Prop your phone up as if it was a display, fire up the app, and then touch type onto the table as if you had a keyboard there. The phone’s front-facing camera and a “proprietary AI engine” will then examine the motions of your fingers, interpreting them as the taps on a QWERTY keyboard.

Naturally, skilled touch-typists only need apply, since there’s no real guide for where your hands need to go in the real world. At least right now, since the team behind SelfieType hopes to make it easier to use, and more intuitive for novices in the near future. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to try the system for myself, and was only able to watch a canned demo by one of the team.

But even watching from the sidelines, it’s clear to see the potential such an app has, both for emergency typing when you need to be faster than fingers on glass. You probably won’t expect to see this pop up in the next Samsung phone, but if the company feels that it can make this ready for prime time, perhaps it’ll do so in a few years.

The company might also come to the rescue of anyone grappling with hair loss. Its Becom project uses a handheld device, AI and a mobile app to scan your scalp for dead skin, hair follicle density and other traits, and then suggests the best solution. You can even study trends to see if you’re bouncing back from hair loss.

Other highlights? The “window-shaped” SunnySide produces artificial sunlight that changes over time to help you produce vitamin D without the harmful effects you might experience from natural sunshine, while Ultra V blends a sensor and service to track UV rays and help you deal with skin conditions.

Samsung is also showcasting work from C-Lab’s external startups. You’ll see a PiBo humanoid robot from Circulus that provides info and “simple conversation” based on dialog and facial expressions. FITT produces customized exercise routines and predicts diseases based on fitness tests for cardio, muscle strength and posture. Vtouch uses eye and finger tracking to control devices like cars and smart homes, while Smoothy is a group video chat app that starts in silent mode to let you answer on your own terms.

As in the past, there’s a good chance that some in-house projects will graduate to full-fledged products. Whether or not they’re successful is another matter, but it’s reassuring if you’re worried that C-Lab’s work will remain experimental.