Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have invented a display technology for on-screen graphics that are both visible and haptic, meaning that they can be felt via touch. The screens are patterned with tiny ...
AxonVR was awarded US Patent No. 9,652,037 of a “whole-body human-computer interface” on May 16th, which includes an external exoskeleton as well as a generalized haptic display made out of ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers have become the first professional sports team to offer haptic display technology at every home game, providing blind and low vision fans a way to ...
Touchscreens have become a normal part of everyday life, from the phones in our pockets to the automated checkout line at the grocery store. Touchscreens are now abundant, but one research team is ...
Plenty of technology development comes in areas where we've already settled on an efficient design. Wind turbines are a great example. Several decades ago, some radical ideas were floating around, ...
3D technology has taken bit of a beating this last few months, the technology doesn’t seem to be getting picked up by the general consumer as quickly as many manufacturers had hoped and even the BBC ...
The increased use of touchscreen interfaces in automobile applications creates a visual overload of information, which has major safety implications. Haptic feedback technology is viewed as a way to ...
Apple has let loose a number of revealing new patent applications that cover some interesting technologies that could be used in future iPhones. Perhaps most interesting amongst the patent ...
A series of last-minute rumors and speculation are suggesting that the iPad 3 might include haptic technology that would give on-screen objects texture. The rumors have linked Finnish company Senseg ...
Nearby, a computer image of a butterfly slowly moves its wings, causing the leaf it’s perched on to sway. As you reach out, the projection flutters and jumps onto you. You feel a touch, and as you ...
Rumors that Apple is making a touchscreen Mac are about as old as the Steve Jobs adage that touchscreen laptops suck and make your arm ache. But a fresh patent shows Apple is still working on the idea ...
PHOENIX – Blind and low-vision fans of the Phoenix Suns will now have the opportunity to enhance their home game experience. The Suns have teamed up with OneCourt and Ticketmaster to become the third ...