Hands on surgical training (HoST) actually helps move the hands of surgeons in training to help them experience what it's like to make the cut. But are they actually learning? READ»
Apple's got a slew of patents on multitouch technology, but it's just won a bunch more. And guess what? On future iPads and iPhones, gestures are going to get a whole lot funkier--and you may not have to touch the screen.READ»
Tricky-to-type touchscreens may become a thing of the past if Microsoft gets its way. The software giant has patented a dynamic form-shifting touchscreen that will help fingers feel the screen's feedback.READ»
Too often newfangled music gear, like newfangled music itself, lacks a certain feel. Interacting with touchscreens is more symbolic and less significant feeling than, say, dropping a needle on vinyl grooves or cranking up a large, ...READ»
Lenovo spent two years on the design of its new business laptop--but not on its internals. It took that long to tweak two keys on the keyboard. In this light, might it be time to ditch the old clickety-click of physical ...READ»
Is it a speaker system? Is it a pico-projector? Nope, it's a smell-distributor. And it's no dumb single-scent air-freshener either: NTT is testing the i-Aroma out as a way of actually communicating over the net by smell.
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Ah virtual reality--it never seems to go out of fashion. And now electronics giant Philips weighs in with its prototype "enhanced reality" clothing--a jacket jam-packed with haptic feedback devices that's designed to ...READ»
Scientists in Germany have demonstrated an amazing new display with a surface that can physically change twice per second to act as a moving "tactile screen." Its potential for the blind or visually challenged is immediately ...READ»
