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Actuator

An electrical or hyydrolic device designed to provide force-feedback to a user to represent force, or pressure applied within the virtual.

See also: Haptic

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Force Ball


 

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(18/05/2012)
In The Avengers, Tony Stark manipulates objects in thin air. MIT Media Lab researchers Jinha Lee and Rehmi Post have actually created a similar tactile user interface for manipulating real floating objects in 3D space, called the ZeroN. <...


(04/03/2010)
Forget putting your phone on vibrate. A novel "high-definition" touch-feedback display can give a touch screen the feel of a textured surface. The technology was developed for mobile devices by the San Jose CA-based company Immersion, and...


(10/06/2008)
Researchers from Sungkyunkwan University in Korea and the University of Nevada have developed a flexible tactile display that can wrap around the fingertip, palm, or arm.

The key material in the display is an electroactive po...


(09/05/2010)
Modern glass fa?ades inform the architecture of major cities throughout the world. In recent years, however, there have been cases of broken glass, with collapsing facades endangering passers-by. Now, a special sensor can detect micro-fissu...


(06/05/2009)
Lung biopsies can be difficult procedures to perform while maintaining precision on a moving organ is of utmost importance. To increase the accuracy of radiologists placing the biopsy needle exactly where needed, a collaboration between res...