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Textured Tactile Touchscreens

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the tremendous-triumph dept.

HizookRobotics writes "A new covering developed by Senseg and Toshiba Information Systems gives touchpads, LCDs, and other curved surfaces (eg. cellphones) programmable texture using a high-resolution electrotactile array — a grid of electrodes that excite nerves in the skin with small pulses of current to trick the body into perceiving texture, pressure, or pin-pricks depending on the current amplitude and electrode resolution. The new covering has many potential applications: interactive gaming, touchscreens with texture, robot interfaces, etc."

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  1. Pinpricks? by Annirak · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's a new way to present the user with error messages!

    1. Re:Pinpricks? by harrkev · · Score: 3, Funny

      This reminds me of the old cheesy sci-fi shows where a rogue computer/program/programmer/hacker shocks the victims to death through the computer keyboard. Begin a very technical person, I used to just scoff and laugh. If only I knew then that it would one day be possible.

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  2. Personally, I welcome ... by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... the Rule 34 implementation of this.

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  3. In Other News: Porn Industry Announces New Product by BarryJacobsen · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other news, the porn industry just announced a press conference to announce a product that will change the way you "feel" about porn!

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  4. Re:This could let the blind use touchscreen device by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

    First they'll have to think about the best way to add a braille interface to a fly.

  5. TTTT by Haffner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tremendous Triumph: Textured Tactile Touchscreens Touted To Totally Transform Technology

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  6. Re:No Thanks... by Zerth · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a weird radiating electrical buzz feeling up and into my wrist when I slide my finger across it.

    Have you considered your netbook might be badly grounded?