Coronavirus: NASA invented a wearable that reminds you not to touch your face
Touching your face is a difficult habit to break, so NASA set out to invent a solution.
Jun 30, 2020
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News tagged with haptic feedback
Consumer & Gadgets
Smart devices should space out vibrations to maximize user alert benefits
A research team led by Yale-NUS College Assistant Professor of Social Sciences (Psychology) Christopher Asplund and Singapore University of Technology and Design's Assistant Professor Simon Perrault has found that haptic ...
Jun 3, 2020
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DualSense is the video game controller for PlayStation 5. Here's what it does.
While we wait to get our first official glimpse of the PlayStation 5, Sony is sharing the first details on the video game console's controller.
Apr 8, 2020
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Engineering
Levitation, touch and sound – how you'll be able to feel videogames in the future
Despite advances in both virtual and augmented reality technology in the last few years, there's one area that remains neglected: touch. With your VR headset on, you might be able to explore the sights of a vast forest and ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Robotics
New haptic arm places robotics within easy reach
Imagine being able to build and use a robotic device without the need for expensive, specialist kit or skills. That is the vision that researchers from the University of Bristol have turned into reality, creating a lightweight, ...
Oct 20, 2019
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Sony's PlayStation 5 launch set for late 2020
Sony said Tuesday its next-generation PlayStation 5 console, with new immersive features giving players the tactile experience of virtual worlds, would launch for the 2020 holiday season.
Oct 8, 2019
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Artificial skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality
EPFL scientists have developed a soft artificial skin that provides haptic feedback and—thanks to a sophisticated self-sensing mechanism—has the potential to instantaneously adapt to a wearer's movements. Applications ...
Sep 27, 2019
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Learning system for visually impaired features coding by using hands
Visually impaired children who would love to learn how to code? Here's looking at you, says Microsoft. Its approach toward teaching with a physical programming language has taken bigger steps since its beginnings four years ...
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Patent talk: Amazon eyes workers' bands, tracking
A tisket a tasket, want a green and yellow basket? In 2018, Amazon, kingpin of fulfillment orders, would have to answer, you're kidding. They need to have systems that ensure accuracy, efficiency and leverage the best of ...
