Tactile
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ScienceScientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a method of concealing objects from the sensation of touch that would finally meet the exacting standards of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale princess, who felt a single pea prodding her beneath 20 mattresses and 20 feather beds.
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Bttn is a seemingly innocuous big red button that can be programmed to achieve a huge range of tasks. By pairing Bttn with IFTTT, a single press of this button can trigger an action in the cloud. Thus bringing online offline.
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Fujitsu Labs has developed a prototype haptic sensory tablet that uses ultrasonic vibration to provide tactile feedback to touchscreen users.
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A common ailment among stroke patients and the aging, treating a degenerative sense of touch has proven a complex task. A stimulation glove designed to improve tactile perception through small electrical pulses could provide a wearable solution that's unimposing enough for everyday use.
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Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at Israel's Bar Ilan University have developed a prototype contact lens which processes digital images and translates them into tactile sensations to be felt on the user's cornea, allowing them to form a picture of their physical surroundings.
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Scientists have used 3D printing technology to transform images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope into tactile pictures for the blind. Astronomers Carol Christian and Antonella Nota are experimenting with 3D models as a means of aiding education for people who cannot study visual images.
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Described by its creators as the first freeform software controller, Palette is a range of buttons, dials and sliders made so that creative types can design their own hardware interfaces for their software of choice, be it for music creation, photo-editing or gaming.
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ScienceHolodeck, anyone? Researchers at Bristol University are developing a system known as UltraHaptics that uses ultrasonic force fields to project the tactile sensations of objects in midair. Currently used for a haptic computer interface, the system might eventually enable touchable holograms.
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ScienceResearchers at Disney Research, Pittsburgh have developed a system that lets users' fingertips feel a simulated bump through a flat tablet or smartphone screen, that corresponds to a bump in the displayed image.
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Aireal is a new haptic technology from Disney Research which fires small rings of air that allow people to feel virtual objects without actually touching anything.
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Watchmaker Eone's debut timepiece, the Bradley, is aimed at the visually impaired and indicates the time via magnetic ball bearings that move around special channels and can be read by touch.
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ProDot is an adhesive silicone dot which attaches to the shutter-button of your camera and is said to make it more tactile.
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