Fingertip-Mounted Haptic Interface Lets You Feel Virtual 3-D Objects
Tired of seeing 3-D renderings of objects on your screen and being unable to grab and fondle them? Just slip your fingers into the firm grip of Japanese haptics robot HIRO III. Driven by 15 independent...
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Nokia Patents a Tattoo That Vibrates When Someone Calls You
Arm Tattoo istolethetv via Flickr Sometimes, when I'm occupied or just don't feel like answering it, I ignore my phone. Sorry, but I don't always have time for a telemarketer or whatever. Now Nokia...
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No More GPS Voice: Haptic Steering Wheel Buzzes to Give You Directions
Bzzz... Turn Right meghannash via Flickr GPS devices are great, but sometimes I want to throw mine out the window. There's something so obnoxious about the Garmin voice, especially when you disregard...
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Haptic "Ghost" Armband Teaches Your Muscles To Behave Like Athletes' Muscles
Ghost Trainer Haptic and aural feedback could help vision-impaired athletes train better, by feeling rather than watching. Benedict Copping Training for the highest levels of a sport requires...
View ArticleA MagLev Mouse With a Sense of Touch
Manipulating virtual objects on a computer screen is no big deal—we all do it daily. But haptic, or touch-based, interfaces add another dimension to that experience, relaying…
View ArticleFingertip-Mounted Haptic Interface Lets You Feel Virtual 3-D Objects
Tired of seeing 3-D renderings of objects on your screen and being unable to grab and fondle them? Just slip your fingers into the firm grip of Japanese haptics robot HIRO…
View ArticleHaptic Vibrating Belts Guide U.S. Soldiers Through the Darkness
Soldiers already have plenty of nighttime tech to help them navigate battlefields, but goggles can be clunky and obtrusive, and backlit GPS displays can betray a lurking…
View ArticleDIY Wrist Cuff Equips Blind People With Sonar
Guide dogs are great, but vision-impaired people sometimes need to find their own way through complex environments. Instead of checking for obstacles with a trademark white…
View ArticleNokia Patents a Tattoo That Vibrates When Someone Calls You
Sometimes, when I'm occupied or just don't feel like answering it, I ignore my phone. Sorry, but I don't always have time for a telemarketer or whatever. Now Nokia wants to…
View ArticleNo More GPS Voice: Haptic Steering Wheel Buzzes to Give You Directions
GPS devices are great, but sometimes I want to throw mine out the window. There’s something so obnoxious about the Garmin voice, especially when you disregard its navigation…
View ArticleElectronic 'Smart Fingertips' Could Give Robots and Doctors Virtual Touch
The same touchy engineers who gave us the first peelable epidermal electronics last year have a new virtual tactile system: Smart fingers, which could someday bring a real…
View ArticleHaptic "Ghost" Armband Teaches Your Muscles To Behave Like Athletes' Muscles
Training for the highest levels of a sport requires fine-tuning of muscle memory, but this is often a visual game, with athletes watching high-speed video of themselves and…
View ArticleForget Text Messages--Send Emotions Over The Air
Touches to certain parts of the hand can elicit emotional interpretations, opening the door to sending emotions to others via technology.
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Virtual Reality Gets Real
Courtesy Oculus RiftOculus RiftTime’s up, real world. The long-predicted virtual-reality boom has finally arrived. Now anyone with some cardboard and a few lenses can turn an iPhone into a passable VR...
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A Glove That Lets You Feel What's Far Below The Water
A haptic sonar glove developed by Ph.D. candidates Aisen Carolina Chacin and Takeshi Ozu of the Empowerment Informatics program at Tsukuba University in Japan allows wearers to “feel” objects that are...
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