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Tactile Feedback Tactile feedback, or TFB, is the return of tactile sensations to the user, in response to touch stimuli. In tactile feedback no force is returned, but instead, the grain and feel of the virtual object is returned, against the user's skin or nervous system directly. Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.
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![]() ![]() Touchscreen technology has until now, had one strong disadvantage: In inclement weather, wet, freezing cold hands result from touchscreen use, as gloves and other finger protectors have always made fingers too big and bulky to effectively use touchscreen technology, whilst masking tactile feedback with the glove?s spongy surface. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() New research, published in the April 9,2009 online issue of Current Biology, reinforces the suspicion that senses play off of and reinfoce one another, to an even greater extent. In this case, MIT neuroscientists have found a corollary to the visual illusion process in the tactile sensory systems of humans. ![]() A comparison. Two women, both with prosthetic limbs. On the left, a standard prosthetic. On the right, a haptic prosthetic giving touch feedback. Who can complete the task faster, and is there much difference?
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(28/04/2008)
An anonymous Apple employee says company executives are in talks with Immersion to license its haptic technology for use in the iPhone, according to a report at Palluxo.com. mmersion's VibeTonz feedback technology is already...
(26/07/2004)
Thanks to AR, surgeons no-longer have to be in the same room as their patients. Undergraduate and graduate students from WSU and other universities gathered for the CARES presentation in 1500 Engineering Auditorium on Friday...
(04/07/2014)
Imagine feeling a slimy jellyfish, a prickly cactus or map directions on your iPad mini Retina display, because that’s where tactile technology is headed. But you’ll need more than just an index finger to feel your way around. ...
(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...
(01/01/2007)
The European Union has earmarked three million Euros for a project called NanoBioTact, due to start early this year. This cross-discipline group from both academic and industrial backgrounds is dedicated to creating a 'biomimetic finger. A...
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