The sense of touch gives you vital information about the world around you. From gripping a coffee mug to shaking hands or feeling fabric, touch helps you interact with objects and people. Beneath your ...

As an undergraduate, seventh-year Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, Sylvia Tan had no idea what haptics technology ...

Haptics, or the sense of touch, is increasingly being incorporated into the connected experience to enhance communications, services and entertainment, and is spotlighted in a white paper commissioned ...

Haptic technologies enable consumers to perceive touch sensations when using electronic devices. The touch sensation, created by an actuator embedded in the device, makes a virtual experience seem ...

Marcia O’Malley, the Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor in Engineering and professor and chair of mechanical engineering at Rice University. Haptic devices, which enable communication through touch ...

When it comes to haptic feedback, most technologies are limited to simple vibrations. But our skin is loaded with tiny sensors that detect pressure, vibration, stretching and more. Now, Northwestern ...

New tech out of the wearables lab of Northwestern University inventor John Rogers can go beyond the simple buzz of a typical haptic sensor to mimic complex sensations on the skin. Northwestern ...

SO NEW THIS MORNING. THERE’S NO DOUBT THE SACRAMENTO KINGS HAVE SOME OF THE BEST FANS IN THE NBA. BUT NOW THERE’S AN INNOVATIVE WAY THAT THOSE FANS CAN EXPERIENCE THE EXCITEMENT OF GAME DAY. AND ...